Sunday Evening, December 7, 2008
In addition to our morning exercise and breakfast, we spent the day supervising the cutting of our tree, and having lunch with Bill and Lyne.
We had originally chosen the lot on which we built our casita because it has a large Mango tree on it. We named our corporation Gorgona Mango Villa.
We are sad to cut the tree down, but we need the space to build our additon to our casita. In addition, the tree was constantly shedding dead limbs which would fall on our roof and our neighbor's roof. We have not been here in June and July to sample the mangos, but others tell us our mangos were no good. Our development has and is surrouned by many other trees, so we won't be losing any shade.
This is our second crew for cutting. This one agreed to $300, which seems to work out to about $100 per day for a crew of 3 or 4 workers. This is a holiday weekend, with Monday being Mothers' Day, a very big deal. The holiday gives our crew three days to complete the work. All that remains to do is haul away the pieces of the tree and get a permit to cut the tree in the first place. This seems backwards, but the leader of the crew assured me that he could do it. The office for this was closed over the weekend and probably for the holiday. We have paid them $100 for each of the two days worked, and I told them I will withhold the last $100 until the work is complete and the permit is secured.
We took a break for lunch at La Ruina with Bill and Lyne. They are returning to Calgary in a few days. We have had some good times and will miss them. We are hoping they will return soon.
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