Step One -- Well "Pre-StepOne"

I have always found that often times before you can start a project -- no matter how big or how small -- you need to do something else first.

So it goes with our project. A very large, very old, and recently not very healthy oak tree stood just west of the cottage. It was too close to the basement excavation to be safe.

Late last fall we contracted for the tree to be removed. Below are pictures of the result of the first work to be done on the project. A view of the west side of the cottage with the tree and right after it was taken down.



The Old Oak in the front yard.



Right after the tree came down.