Thought id take the weekend off. Decided to give some much needed attention to my aleppo pine. Its been hammered on in the past. I came up with a 3 stage restoration project for it spanning about 6 years. Stage 1 reduce weight on lower part of canopy and remove dead wood. The tree had been lion tailed in the past. Stage 2 thin to even and reduce large limb in upper canopy reaching over house. Stage 3 remove older stubs. Spent about 4 hours and got about half way through stage one.