Paul and his crew arrived right on time, at 7:00, and have been hard at it ever since.  It's now 10:00 and they're still working on the 2 overgrown Chinese elms out front.  It's looking better and better out there, and I think that Tom has figured out that maybe (!) their quote for doing the job isn't as expensive as he first thought!  I took some pix of the guys working.  Can you spot the guy up in the tree?

How about now?  YIKES!

We will want Pokey out of harm's way when they finish out front and work on the cottonwood out back.  So Pokey has been relocated to the garage for the day.  I think she's very confused.... 

but hopefully she'll get over it! 

And things could be worse than a day stuck in the garage: