Well, today is the day to say goodbye to the pecan tree across the road. The County Public Works came this morning and the crew started cutting the limbs from the top down. They will take out the middle at some point today and then dig out the stump. At the end of the day, we will have a smooth place on the road where this pecan provider and squirrel haven has stood for some years now. This graceful old tree has been standing by the roadside for at least the fifteen years we've lived in this house and from the size of it when we moved in, it was there ten or fifteen years before that. Hey, this tree could have been a tender green shoot when T. and I were first married. I want to be the one to see the first squirrel jump from our trees to the ones across the road - they used to sail between the near branches and move from tree to tree over vast distances. Not going to work next time.
The near branch from that tree that any squirrel planned to land on will be just a distant memory on the way to the landfill. Pecan wood burns well so some of the work crew may take a limb or two home for the fireplace. Everyone who found out the tree was coming down has expressed dismay over the loss. All except the neighbor who sent in the letter of complaint. We know who it is and he will never get another bag of our cracked pecans. Nor will he be invited over to harvest the nuts from the ground. This guy, who thinks it's better to smite a tree just to get a little further look down the road (rather than moving his driveway) - doesn't deserve pecans.
I don't know. Is that too harsh?
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Still in my evening class and I could not leave without reading AuntDoc01's blog, too. Wow, :( so sad. Your neighbor is a fool. Maybe, a sign can be placed where the tree used to me.
Here did rest a Pecan Tree for over ## years. May this tree rest in peace. May your heart be filled with guilt for the rest of your life if you are the reason this beautiful pecan tree is gone......
I think that I shall never see,
A neighbor who appeals to me.
He smote our tree,
They cut it down.
Now there's no road,
that curves around.
Instead, a hole gapes,
Wide and deep.
All due to Jerry,
Who acts a creep.
LOL, this is perfect. Now all you have to do is find the perfect sign.
Gaaak, Jerry. Send Paul Bunyon over there. With Ox and ax.
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