He's Nuts!

i haven't come to a conclusion yet
but I think he may have been trying to kill himself
we had a gardener friend come over and look at our
massive silver maple tree
it probably hadn't been pruned in 15 years
he took one look at it and referred us to a company called "dangerous tree removal and pruning"
jared laughed
like he's going to pay for that
so, he borrowed some tools from a friend
and went to work

{i couldn't bring myself to take pictures of him with the extension ladder on the roof for fear that i may quite possibly capture him falling to his death}

after spending every evening for a week and half of two Saturdays he was done pruning
two weeks later he was done cleaning up all of the branches

he likes to call himself Master Pruner
i like to call him Stupid

well, we're set on firewood for next winter

thank goodness no one was dismembered during the process... although I did look out the window one evening while cooking dinner to see the neighbor boy holding a large pair of pruning shears right over my baby's head, aaaah!  i opened the window and screamed at him.  i really don't like to yell, especially at other peoples kids.  but seriously!?!  apparently he was trying to cut his hair.  oh, sure.  that makes me feel sooo much better, you're going to attempt cutting my baby's hair with a pair of shears larger than you!  and where was jared while this was going on, where else?  in a tree.