Going, Going, Going...

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - When we moved in to our house 16 years ago, we had plenty of shade trees.  The trees were old and big,  with wide canopies...nature's version of air conditioning.  Now, we don't have so many.  They've been lost mainly to old age and/or a beating with nature's help.
     When we arrived home this Fall from our Summer job in Glacier NP, our big bay tree in the side yard look fine.  Recently, it became apparent that the tree was dying right before our eyes.  Laurel-wilt disease, a fungal disease carried by beetles from Asia invaded Florida in 2005 (and many other areas) decimating the bay trees.  There is no cure, but injecting a fungicide into (what appears to be) our other healthy bay tree may save it.
     The four pictures above show the Tree Guy way up near the top of the highest limb cutting and then easing down a big limb section via rope.  All we have now is a six-inch high base where the tree once stood.