in contemplating the writing of this post i realize how many quotes, songs, poems, stories, etc are based upon the wind. "the wayward wind", "dust in the wind", "wind beneath my wings", "wind in the willows", "winds of war", "the wind walker", and of course "gone with the wind". and that is exactly what happened to two of our large pine trees out back. they went with the wind! saddness.
i suppose it was the fact that we had warmer weather last week. all the snow melted and the hard frozen ground was mushy and soft. add to that 63 mph winds coming out of the canyon and the poor shallow rooted giant trees didn't stand a chance. one fell completely over onto halliday's driveway. luckily the boat has been stored for the winter! the other was leaning heavily to the left and had to come down as well. linda bailey first called with the sad news, as she noticed the fallen timber while dropping amanda off from school, and was planning on sending kirt and mckay over to help clean it up. (note: kirt just had knee replacement surgery!). fortunately reedo and gary humphries came to the rescue.
chain saw in hand they played "paul bunyan" chopped the trees up, loaded them into the back of the truck and hauled them off to the dump. what good guys they are!
this is what is left of the stump of the first tree.
it took several "dump" trips to take it all. unfortunately i didn't get pictures of the lumberjacks. but they were cute. they look a little like this, minus "babe the blue ox".
i now have a very bare, open space and am feeling a bit exposed. thankfully spring is just around the corner. i shall now surf the web and go on "outings" with mom in search of the perfect "hedge" type replacement tree or shrubs. perhaps concentrating on a plant that will have a deeper root system. hmmm.. the need for deep roots....now that's provides enough contemplation for a blog post all its own.
