Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Here Lies a Tree
I’m thankful that none of the evergreens surrounding our house came down in the bomb cyclone.
But in the park at the end of my street, a giant fell. A maple? an oak? I don’t know for sure. He was the tallest one on the far right; here’s the lineup in green in September.
Here’s the lineup a month ago after the trees were adorned in their brilliant fall colors.
He wasn’t the most beautiful in the lineup and was the first to drop his leaves. But he was the most charming without them.
Unfortunately, the poor giant could not withstand the violent winds from the bomb cyclone. I like to think he died protecting his neighbors, bearing the brunt so they didn’t have to.
He managed to avoid the neighboring trees, the street, and the small community center behind.
I’ll miss him.
But it was so much worse for thousands still without power, who suffered property damage, and a few, loss of life. Prayers for those who are still digging out.
~ Susanne
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Wow. Strong winds to take that one down. I finally got a hold of my daughter who lives on a heavily wooded gulf island. No damage thankfully.
Yes, so many trees down, across roads, on power lines, and some on houses. I’m glad your daughter survived without any damage.
So sorry to see a tree go down, Susanne. One of my friends is still without power. Glad you took some pics of the tree, so you can remember. Like the book The Giving Tree, it’s wood will fuel someone’s home, it’s mulch will grow new trees. Glad you are safe and getting back to normal. No snow here yet, just relentless rain!
Yes, I was sad to see this beautiful giant downed by the wind. Every year I looked forward to this beautiful fall lineup. It will look different without him. I’m thankful we suffered very little other damage, other than a few downed limbs and messy debris. Others suffered much more. It’s a beautiful day today, but there are still thousands of people and businesses without power.
Wow, such a big tree, it’s sad to see big healthy trees die like this. 👎🏻🫣
He must have been there for decades, a beautiful giant! I was sad to see him go.
Me too, I love trees!
Looks very familiar. We’ve had several trees come down in the last few years. We live at a higher elevation, and the wind is usually stronger. Homeowner’s insurance doesn’t cover trees (I’ve learned) unless it does property damage when it falls. Of course, who wants that?
This one fell in the park so the city will take care of its disposal. Fortunately, it didn’t crush anything in its wake. We were lucky not to lose any trees in our yard; a neighbor 2 doors down had a tree fall onto their house. Yikes!
A sad loss. It’s hard to know which trees will be lost to high winds.
True. Maybe since it was the tallest and on the edge of the others it took the brunt of the force. I’m glad it didn’t damage its surroundings. Though there are much taller trees in the park that are still standing.
Nature might be trying to get even with us.
It did get the upper hand this week.
It’s always sad to lose a tree, especially a beautiful old one like that, but I’m glad he did no damage on the way down. The UK is getting battered by Storm Bert today – not too dramatic in London but I’m guessing there’ll be trees down in some parts of the country.
Yes, it could have fallen in the street, against the building, or taken another tree down with it. It fell like the stately tree it was. Hope you don’t have too much damage in London.
Such a shame but the circle of life I guess…
I was sad to see it down, but at least it didn’t do any damage to anything else..
To see a majestic tree fall like that feels like the loss of a large and graceful animal. But it could have been two hundred years old or more, so lived a long life.
Best wishes, Pete.
Yes. And even in its fall, it was stately, and didn’t harm anything nearby.
Those autumn colours are so beautiful! I will never stop being astounded that the wind can blow down trees.
Yes, I love the fall colors of those trees! Now, minus one!
Yikes. Poor fellow. What a scary and strong storm!!
Yes, it was an unusually bad windstorm with many people out of power for days!
I was telling my husband about the bomb cyclone and he had no clue… I’m glad you war okay and I hope all those who had property damage are getting the help they need!! (Poor tree…)
Thank you! It was quite a storm. We were out of power for 24 hours but many others were out for days, and lots of downed trees.