Bye-bye redwoods

It was a tough decision, but in the end I decided to go ahead with the removal of 10 redwoods and 3 eucalyptuses. It is all 6 redwoods in the upper grove, and 4 infested/deformed redwoods from the lower grove. There is still 6 redwoods left.
The resulting view is stunning. Here are pictures of the new view as well as the view of the house from below.
View from kitchen, approx. middle of the length of the south side (click on the picture to see a larger version)



View from the SW corner of the house (click on the picture to see a larger version)



Viewing the house from below, almost at end of meadow (click on the picture to see a larger version)