Several large trees needed to be removed at work.
1. The steeple of the Mount Hermon Memorial Chapel (el Catedral de Santa Clara de Los Gatos) is now visible. It had been mostly obscured by a big Douglas fir and a big tan oak.
2. This new view of stately redwoods is also visible behind the Mount Hermon Memorial Chapel. It had previously been cluttered with tan oaks, bays and another big Douglas fir.
3. Logs were still strewn about when I took these pictures on Wednesday. Unfortunately, a few redwoods needed to be removed also. The largest trunks will be milled for lumber.
4. The stump to the lower right was cut last Monday or Tuesday. The stump to the upper left was cut when the redwoods were harvested, prior to 1906, more than 120 years ago.
5. Alyssum, wax begonia and zonal geranium should perform much better with so much more sunshine. (Stock will be removed for summer.) They had always been in the shade.
6. This rose, although irrelevant to the topic, is the token flower of my Six for this week. It is too colorful to omit. I have no idea what cultivar it is. It was red, then faded to pink.
This is the link for Six on Saturday, for anyone else who would like to participate: https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/six-on-saturday-a-participant-guide/
Tony Tomeo 
Roughly how tall are the redwoods in the picture. They’re impressive trees to my eye.
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The big one in the middle of the second picture is only about 130 feet tall. Those around the chapel are not much more than 100 feet tall.
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I enjoyed seeing the Redwoods!
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They show up better now that the other trees are gone.
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I love Redwoods, especially touching their soft bark
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There really is nothing like them.
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So sad the redwood had to be cut down, and so amazing that there’s a stump more than a century old..I mean, Holy Cow, what kind of wood can withstand weather and insects for so many years?
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That is why redwood is used to build decks and fences and anything that is in contact with soil or exposed to weather. It is very resistant to rot. Because some of the stumps are so large (Many are cut several feet above the ground.) they can be harvested for smaller scale lumber, even after a century or more.
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