Tree Cutter on the Trail

@RubyHawk ..........Perhaps so.

They really should be paid well, but I’d bet their pay is only average.

@celticeagle I have no idea, I’m just guessing.

@RubyHawk He is wearing a yellow rope around his waist. That's the harness, in my opinion. I had a near-falling incident onto a tree when I was a child. My leg slid as I stepped on what I thought would be a hard branch, but it wasn't. Fortunately, I was able to grab hold of another branch and stop myself from falling any farther.

@rsa101 I liked to climb trees as a youngster. I’d climb up and sit on a limb to read where the other kids wouldn’t bother me.

It’s a dangerous job but they do have harnesses, but as I look again at the picture, I don’t see a harness.

@RubyHawk Yes, I've seen my fair share. I hate it when they're on my street because it's an exercises in navagation.

Yes, it’s a job that someone must do.

@kaylachan They cut trees in our complex several months ago and I hated it . One needed to be cut but The others were fine as far as I could see. The tree in the picture is in our complex but down on the nature trail.

@RubyHawk I’m sure they have hazard pay and a hefty insurance policy.

He’s probably up in trees every day. It’s a dangerous job.

@toniganzon I would hope they at the least they have good insurance.

I didn’t. I didn’t want to startle him but I did wave.

@RubyHawk Yes I was kidding of course you definitely don't want to do that.

@RebeccasFarm I knew you were kidding.

Not now I wouldn’t want to climb that high.

Yes he is. I enlarged as high as it would go. He’s clearer in the picture than I could see him from the ground.

It does, but it’s holding his weight.

@RubyHawk I hope that we can save more, we need rain.

I don’t like to see trees cut down. We need all our trees for oxygen and shade.

@LadyDuck That’s good, you’ll still have plenty of trees.

@RubyHawk It sure is.

@Tampa_girl7 If I hit the ground they might not be able to glue me back together.

It wouldn’t work for-me either. It’s a long way to the ground.

I climbed trees when I was a child and I’d climb trees with my boys when they were children.

I loved to climb trees when I was a child.

Believe it or not but when I was a kid, I’d climb the tallest trees. I loved it.

Yes, he blends right into the trees.

They are courageous men, certainly not afraid of heights.

I wonder what qualifies anyone to cut down trees.

@RubyHawk I wonder. Is there a school to teach that?

@LeaPea2417 I don’t know but I seriously doubt it. I’ve never heard of one.

I suppose you get used to any job after working so long.

Last year when they cut trees out front. They had a machine that reached up in the tree and cut it down piece by pieces. The first time I’d seen that.

@RubyHawk It sounds like it's time to cut out the deadwood.

@just4him It probably is. If you noticed it looks like the top of the tree is deadwood.

It was a beautiful day for walking. When I walked out the trail today they were cutting another tree.

@LindaOHio I used to use a ladder when painting the house but that’s been a few years ago.

I liked climbing trees when I was a kid, but not now. Tree cutters have to climb high.

@RubyHawk I used to climb trees too. Now I don't like the second step on a ladder!