Dead wood

(1988 July 8)

This morning 9:30 Bill came with his truck and cut down my redbud tree [transplanted from Kansas], which by itself has cracked off and lay on the ground. He also took dead wood out of lilacs and piled on truck. Then he took a stout rope he had brot along and tied all firmly. I gave him $2.00 to pay the fee at the City Dump, and after a couple of glasses of lemonade and cookies, he was off in 100 degrees.