I am sad. Sad I am.

(Yoda is talking on the tv in the room next to me.  Contagious he is.)

As you may have seen on this blog before, this is my main work area in my office at church.  

Now, I’d like to walk you through the visual of my day. This was the view this morning:

In order from near to far, you’re seeing:
honeysuckle vines (which I could touch from my chair if there weren’t glass in the window)
driveway (which I could jump to from my desk if I were an Olympic hurdler)
garden area
parking lot

There was a fair amount of demolition work being done outside today in preparation for the new building, but I wasn’t paying much attention.  Until… 

….the big tree on the left just fell over.  
Startled I was. Then this.

Giant claw taking down tree #2.  And I’m finding it hard to concentrate on Easter planning while life-threatening machinery is being expertly operated inches from my happy place. 

Tree #2 gone.  Senior pastor’s head in foreground.  He’s not working on Easter planning.

Aack!!! Again, this is about 10 feet from my desk.  The operator has one wrist spasm, and I lose my head, I’m thinking. 

By the afternoon, this was the view. Despite the calmness, it’s a bit surreal.

NOTE:  there were quite a few trees relocated to other parts of our property.  The ones removed were either too large to be transplanted or were discovered to have disease or pests.

(link to flickr.com photo set where I’ll be collecting these pics over the course of construction)