Logging at the Lake

They are lumbering at the Ogden's land up at Cranberry Lake.  It's both dramatic and interesting to hear and see what they are doing.  I hope it will be a positive change.  They haven't gotten to "my" side... towards the end of the trail up to the road by the lake.  A few trees were marked there, and it too won't make much difference.  I think they did it because before they put in a new cottage, as the old one is really sagging and getting dangerous to live in, they have to remove some trees which--if ever came down--could easily crush the old... or the new cottage if not removed.  So in order to do that they had a logger come in for the lumber, so rather than costing them to remove the trees, they'll get money from the lumbering of mature trees.  Today they were hauling the logs into a pile near the road, their cut part of the logs facing the road.  watching this tractor with the pincers in the front which can pick up these heavy long logs reminds me of an ant which can pick up so much more than it's body size.  If I lived in the city, I'd be one of those people looking through the knothole at the construction site.  I find it totally fascinating.  Yesterday I thought that the taking of the trees by a logger was neater and safer than when the wind or hurricanes do the same, but today I took a picture of the debris from the back, having cut over the brook and up the hill between Ogden's and Cox's properties (Top picture above old cottage).   Not neat!  However, when I turned, (bottom Picture) I saw a miss-mash of trees leaning precariously together, and still think it's safer to have old lumber felled but not neater.  We'll see if they do any clean up but for taking the boles for lumber.