today's accomplishment

[magicicada]

i cut down a tree today. it's not everyday you can say that. it was a sad, sickly bradford pear tree that we have hated since we moved in. i had sylvia in her stroller in one hand and the saw in the other. after parking sylvia a safe distance away, i did the little thingy where you cut a notch to make the tree fall the direction you want and it worked perfectly! it was a small enough tree that it probably would not have caused much harm even if it did fall the wrong way, but i still felt quite proud of myself. the front garden bed looks so much better without it.