Armed with chainsaws, chipper at hand, under a clear blue sky, they made their first assault on the army of elm trees controlling the southern border. Boom! The aerial attacks from inside the bucket methodically cut down the enemy elms. Blasting chips from shredding limbs, trunks turned into mulch. Dumped in piles that will be spread on paths over cardboard the earth will reclaim.

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Storm clouds started building in the early afternoon.

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The sky turned dark to the east, the south and to the west. Thunder rumbled in the background.

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The sky started to clear to the east and west before sunset, but clouds were exploding to the south.

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The winds were pushing and reshaping colorful clouds to the south and west as the sun put itself to bed.