IF A TREE FALLS...

     THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1st, 2020
              IF A TREE FALLS....

    You've all heard the question. If a tree
falls and there's nobody around does it make
a sound? Well I can't speak to trees in the
forest but I can tell you if a tree falls in your
backyard it makes a heck of a sound!
     About the time we got married 51 years
ago my wife planted a number of tiny Pine
trees in our yards from her own home in
Mountaintop.
      I remembered the lyrics of the song as
I watched them over the years.."See the tree,
how big it's grown." Well her trees shot up like
rockets waiting to be launched!
      One windy day we actually saw the ground
around one heaving as a strong breeze blew
through. Recognizing the potential danger to
our and other nearby homes we hired a man
to cut them down. In two cases, however, we
simply had all the limbs cut and left half a tree
standing. Both were dead.
       On Wednesday morning a heard a loud
crash in the front yard. One of those two "half
trees" had come down somehow missing both
of the sheds it stood between. Some decorations
we had affixed to the trunk were damaged but,
otherwise, no harm, no foul!
        A local handy man will be here shortly to
remove the trunk and to cut down the other
tree trunk we had left standing. It's right next
to our neighbor's house and, if it fell, it couldn't
miss!
        Maybe we'll plant something smaller
next time!
        Hope you're well and that all your NEWS
is good!