Slider Machine

Today Craig and Jerry showed up with a "slider" to (cross your fingers) transplant roses bushes and remove stumps from pine trees they cut and removed with the crane several months ago. Criag is cutting back the roses ball of roots hoping that it will force the plant to put down new roots. (Hmm, there could be an analogy draw from this concept). Later on in the day: You will note that the railroad ties, vinyl fencing, and tree stumps (as well as some of the rose bushes) have been removed. The tiny clumps of sticks are the roses. It will be interesting to see if cut back so much they can survive. (Perhaps after weathering the winter and coming back in the Spring, then we can make an analogy about roses being transplanted, pruned, and coming back even more beautiful.) Post Edit: Last Thursday a disgruntled Comcast employee knocked on my door. Apparently, while removing the stumps, a Comcast cable was pulled and cut. They are sending out an "investigator." The cable has been patched. The cable was right on the surface and Joe was upset the cable was not buried two to three feet which is usual. Another unplanned bill may come from this!