That was awfully easy

At 5:00 this afternoon there was a lovely 40ft redwood tree blowing serenely in the breeze outside my living room window.

At 5:30 the redwood tree was lying on the ground in my front yard.

By 8:00 there were three large piles of branches on the street for the city recycling to pick up, the lawn had been raked, the driveway swept, and my firewood pile had grown a bit.  All was peaceful again.

Now my solar panels will get a few extra hours of sun each day.

Now I have a stump to dig out, and need to find a new, smaller tree.

Installation update

I have added more pictures here.  These are actually photos as of the end of day Friday.  I will get more up tomorrow.

As of today, all the mounting rails are up, and the electrical is roughly half complete.  Tomorrow they are scheduled to complete the electrical.  Unfortunately they will not be able to install the panels until Wednesday.