Gleaves-Clements Cemetery

Preparing to haul brush to the brush pile.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:38:49 -0700

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Preparing to haul brush to the brush pile.

Brush is taken to the brush pile.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:39:07 -0700

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Brush is taken to the brush pile.

George, Bobby & Owen prepare another load of brush

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:49:22 -0700

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George, Bobby & Owen prepare another load of brush

Loading brush

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:39:36 -0700

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Loading brush

Loading even more brush

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:39:49 -0700

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Loading even more brush

Chaining a log to be pulled by the tractor

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:40:01 -0700

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Chaining a log to be pulled by the tractor

Fran takes pictures

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:40:15 -0700

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Fran takes pictures

Owen pulls another log

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:40:30 -0700

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Owen pulls another log

That's another log out of the way. When is lunch?

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:40:42 -0700

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That's another log out of the way. When is lunch?

Linda prepares lunch while George waits.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:41:00 -0700

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Linda prepares lunch while George waits.

George gets his lunch

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:41:11 -0700

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George gets his lunch

Owen , Linda & George eat Subways

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:41:26 -0700

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Owen , Linda & George eat Subways

Owen trims a tree as George watches

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:41:43 -0700

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Owen trims a tree as George watches

Owen cuts limbs into smaller pieces for easier handling

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:42:01 -0700

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Owen cuts limbs into smaller pieces for easier handling

Owen trims large sugar maple tree

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:42:18 -0700

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Owen trims large sugar maple tree

Falling limb hits camera and Fran causing a blur. The perils of the embedded photographer.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:42:31 -0700

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Falling limb hits camera and Fran causing a blur. The perils of the embedded photographer.

George watches Owen climb the ladder to get to the next limb.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:42:59 -0700

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George watches Owen climb the ladder to get to the next limb.

George watches Owen cut off still another branch.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:42:46 -0700

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George watches Owen cut off still another branch.

This picture shows where a tree has been cut down. Notice how hollow it was. Most of the trees that were cut down were like this or worse. The next bad storm and many tombstones would be bro ...

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:45:02 -0700

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This picture shows where a tree has been cut down. Notice how hollow it was. Most of the trees that were cut down were like this or worse. The next bad storm and many tombstones would be bro ...

This tall cedar tree has been hit by lightning several times, causing it to become 'one-sided' and it needs to come down. The problem: how to get it down without damaging any tombstones?

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:46:06 -0700

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This tall cedar tree has been hit by lightning several times, causing it to become 'one-sided' and it needs to come down. The problem: how to get it down without damaging any tombstones?

Owen prepares to throw a small rope with a weight on one end over a tree limb. Once it is over a secure limb, he will attach a heavier rope to the other end of the lighter rope and pull th ...

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:46:43 -0700

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Owen prepares to throw a small rope with a weight on one end over a tree limb. Once it is over a secure limb, he will attach a heavier rope to the other end of the lighter rope and pull th ...

Unfortunately the weighted rope would not reach a secure limb. What to do?

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:46:17 -0700

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Unfortunately the weighted rope would not reach a secure limb. What to do?

It's then decided that George, the fireman, will climb the ladder to secure the rope.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:47:54 -0700

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It's then decided that George, the fireman, will climb the ladder to secure the rope.

The ladder is not long enough. So George just continues to climb the tree!

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:47:43 -0700

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The ladder is not long enough. So George just continues to climb the tree!

George works in the tree looking for a good place to secure the rope.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:47:31 -0700

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George works in the tree looking for a good place to secure the rope.

George is still up there. Are we not blessed to have such great cousins!

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:47:04 -0700

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George is still up there. Are we not blessed to have such great cousins!

Owen studies how he is going to cut down the tree.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:15:14 -0700

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Owen studies how he is going to cut down the tree.

Owen works on sawing down the tree. Because the tree was so much larger than the saw, he had to cut in sections around the tree.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:15:39 -0700

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Owen works on sawing down the tree. Because the tree was so much larger than the saw, he had to cut in sections around the tree.

After the rope was secured in the tree, the other end was taken across the road and looped around a small tree. Then it was attached to Owen's tractor. When Owen had cut almost through the ...

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:18:41 -0700

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After the rope was secured in the tree, the other end was taken across the road and looped around a small tree. Then it was attached to Owen's tractor. When Owen had cut almost through the ...

Whew! The tree is finally on the ground.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:16:01 -0700

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Whew! The tree is finally on the ground.

Now that the tree is on the ground, the work continues to cut the tree into smaller pieces so it will be easier to drag to the brush pile.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:18:12 -0700

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Now that the tree is on the ground, the work continues to cut the tree into smaller pieces so it will be easier to drag to the brush pile.

Still cutting. Notice the cedar wood.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:18:27 -0700

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Still cutting. Notice the cedar wood.

The tree is finally pulled off to the brush pile.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:19:14 -0700

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The tree is finally pulled off to the brush pile.

Time to load up and go home.

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:19:59 -0700

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Time to load up and go home.

The end of a hard day's work. Great job, guys...and thanks!

nobody@smugmug.com (gleaves) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:20:12 -0700

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The end of a hard day's work. Great job, guys...and thanks!