Riding down Nelson St. West the other day I discovered that another big old sugar Maple has been cut down, eliminating another grand old giant.
You may remember this big old maple which I pictured a month ago, right down at the end of the street, with its enormous woodpecker carved channel in this dead branch.
Well, it's gone; all that's left is a stump and a small woodpile still to be cleaned up/ I'll miss the old fella, and if you think I'm anthropomorphizing I don't care.
I wonder how long the May Apple that's been growing in its shade will survive.
It makes me worry about other big old but clearly unhealthy Sugar Maple on the street.
I couldn't see the stump in this yard, it was behind the house. But the big woodpile told me another one was gone. I may soon be counting and documenting the ones left for posterity!
A beautiful week here, sunny and actually warm! I plan to enjoy it.
I can understand why that old tree had to go but it's still rather sad.
ReplyDeleteWe have big old trees behind our city lot and one has already fallen, luckily missing any nearby buildings. We had a wind storm go through last night and we are afraid of those trees falling our way.
Old and passed it date for being a real beauty, but still so sad to see it gone, but that huge pile of firewood, what a bonus it has left for someone else to appreciate the lifetime spent in growing. I once did a tally of the number of timers a piece of wood has been handled before it goes on the fire, and it was an astonishing 32, from seed, to seedling, to tiny sapling, replanted, trimmed, limbed, felled, cut, split, stored to dry, then transported.I hope the users of that wood realise the years it took to grow.
ReplyDeleteSad when the old trees die.
ReplyDeleteIt had character.
ReplyDeleteA shame, but my goodness it was in quite the state. Do these sugar maples drop their seeds so they might be replaced?
ReplyDeleteAnd yes I had to go to the dictionary for 'anthropomorphizing'. Like you, I do the same thing:))
ReplyDeleteattribute human characteristics or behavior to (a god, animal, or object).
"people's tendency to anthropomorphize their dogs" Ascribe human features to something.
Yes, do enjoy the weather. We are expecting fairly hot and humid weather soon. I suppose you will get the same.
ReplyDeleteAfter the windstorms here, we always lose trees from the old familiar trails we frequent. We miss these old friends!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a new word!! anthropomorphizing!! And thanks Al for looking it up for us. 😁 I'll probably never remember to use it myself but I certainly do it all the time!!
ReplyDeleteSad about the tree but sometimes is is for the best.
We have an old dead tree here.......it has never had leaves so I've no idea what it is. I don't want it to come down as it is a haven for the birds.
Enjoy the heat!! I am!
Sad to have trees cut away. We lived thru the ice storm we had in Oregon in Feb 12-14. Many old trees were broken so they had to be cut away. We had a heritage birch tree for 25 years that had broken limbs that needed cut way back to the stump. I have photos of it on my latest post on Mon. Icy storm. Feb one with more news in a late Feb post. We have a neighbor who lost a tree last year and this year. He needs one cut that's lose to their house. I'm glad we still have an evergreen tree that's probably 70 years old.
ReplyDeleteThey leave a big hole when the get removed. I miss the shade when they are gone.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with a little anthropomorphizing about a grand old tree. If it was in front of our place I'd reluctantly take it down too, probably with much regret after the fact.
ReplyDeleteWe had to have a big maple taken down after half of it broke off in a storm. It was too close to water lines anyway.
ReplyDeleteI can fully understand why the old tree had to go, but it is still sad to see.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Hydro has been down my road cutting a lot of trees that are not healthy and a threat to the power lines.
ReplyDeletei am a tree hugger, i always hate to see them go!!
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