now that we own a house, i’m sure this is just the first of many weekend projects that we will undertake. i present to you our garage with its symbiotic tree that is growing through the gutters and roof (circa 2008):

here is the garage and tree again (circa 2013):

here is the tree looking like an apple core (circa 13 april 2013 @ 530pm). please note the gas-free reel lawn mower, the steel rake, and the awesome costco ladder all recently purchased for this task. ok, ok, the lawn mower was actually purchased for the 6-inch grass that we needed to cut this weekend. there was lots of cutting this weekend – i’ll still be cutting in my sleep, i think. my muscles can’t remember anything else at the current moment.

here is the tree finally trimmed (circa 13 april 2013 @ 730pm). please note the mud on the roof that accumulated from the tree and the gutter that sags but still works (sort of). personally, i really like the paint job (or lack thereof). the multiple incomplete paint layers are *awesome*.

what happened to the tree?!? this is what happened to the tree (sorry for the dark photo – it’s not daylight savings time yet and after chopping for 7 hours, i just didn’t have any more energy to optimize this photo:

but before you get all sad thinking that the tree has been destroyed (i don’t think it has, but i’m no tree expert), please be assured that we are eco-friendly and plan to turn our tree into the “brown” that is necessary in a compost pile. as m is fond of saying: “where’s our wood chipper?” i guess we’re buying a wood chipper. i hope the tree grows back…otherwise what are we going to use the wood chipper for?