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Quite the contrast -- yesterday was 80˚, today's high was 50˚F. Made the first, bigger job "no sweat" -- 2 takedowns (a tulip and an ash) + an ash pruning. 2nd job was easy -- drop-n-chip a medium cottonwood on a property out in the country. Only difficulty was that it was in an open valley and...

78˚F yesterday -- let sweat season begin! Salt stains on the shirt at end of day. Tomorrow we will hit 80˚F for the first time this year.

Rained last night cats-n-dogs. Today is sunny & firmly in the 70s here, leaves unfurling, trees are all blooming (Bradfords, magnolias, dogwood). Willows have just about fully leafed out.

snowing!

Hit 73˚F yesterday -- first time in the 70s since last October! Wind gusts up to 30MPH made for some interesting work conditions at times -- helped on dropping the canopies of a line of Siberians, but was blowing the stump grindings back in my face. Then it hindered at the 2nd job dropping a...

Snow melt has contributing to flooding around here. Rivers are swollen around here, particularly the Missouri River, which we crossed over into Missouri today. The fields around it are a flood plain and they were flooded, up to the tires on the irrigation sprinklers in the field. It hadn't...

So I left the KCI airport and it was 11˚F with ice and snow on the ground. Temps in Florida ranged in the 70s and into the 80s a couple of days, but one night got down to 49˚ and you would just about swear that the locals thought the end of the world was nigh. I was hearing reports from home...

Ft. Myers area, where I used to live. Maybe I'll make it out to Sanibel, but maybe not. Depends on how hard my host works me! He is footing the bill, so I do have to give a good showing!

11˚F today. Hitting the coffee pot on the way to work, had to use ether to start the chipper after putting some fireplace coals in a pan under the block for a half hour. No gelling thanks to Howe's diesel additive. Taking out a silver maple for our insurance agent. I guess that's a vote of...

Decent customer, but first time working for her. This was just a utility trim / light deadwooding. We fully expect the Siberians to need to be removed in the next year or so, so our hope is to get that business as well.

Decent day today above freezing, sunny & clear. Bracing for 6" of snow tomorrow night and dropping temps. Should be 17˚F to start the week. At least the roads should be clear upon starting the work week! But today had to send back 2 rakers to a yard where we pruned 2 Siberians earlier in the...

17˚F and cloudy here, light flurries. Not hard frozen enough to avoid ruts, so I had to fix one rut as best as possible, but it was just chunks of frozen ground. Did okay, then covered it with snow. Nature should be adding even more snow over the next 2 days. While wrapping up the job, noticed...

Funnier when they ask while you are filling up the hopper with limbs. "Do you do tree work?" "No, usually it's bodies but I need to test it on this brush first..."

As predicted, it was mucky today. Ground was frozen to start the day, but didn't save the ruts going uphill to the backyard and didn't save the bucket truck from getting stuck in a backyard. I had to pull it out with the chip truck, but snapped 2 old bull ropes in the process. Got it out, then...

He's sayin', "Get outta Dodge, ahead of the storm! Beat it, you snow goose!" You know, friendly advice!

Raining last night and today, turning all the snow to slush, going to turn all the dirt to muck everywhere. I can read the signs: Monday is going to be a mucky, gettin' stuck kinda day.

In the thaw cycle. All 5" of snow is turning to slush. KC area got hit harder than us with the last snowstorm -- lots of broken limbs all over the place. We should stay busy heading into spring storm season.

I used to ride my bicycle like that as a child. A bike, not a crotch rocket! "Pretty Stupid" comes to mind -- pretty & stupid!

So I take it you're not riding to work on two wheels these days?

5" of snow last night. Date night out was a bit hindered by the 40MPH top speed people were willing to drive on the hwy, but understandable given the blowing snow conditions. Still going to try to work today so as to finish off the property manager's list, just wait out the morning crunch hour...