Crying Over the Loss of a Tree

[voodoo]

I never cried, but I still miss the big elm tree cut down in my grandmothers front yard. removing the stump was important for me to forget...but in reality I never forgot!

[ZRabbits]

So sorry to hear about the loss of your tree and the grumpy ole man.

KAZ

[Snowshoe]

Am I seeing it properly? It's a left profile, his eyes are closed, he has a beard and his chin juts out?

I'm sorry for your tree. That would make me really sad too.

Yes, 3/4 profile. If you see his bearded chin I think you must have him.

The maples on our street are 60 or 70 feet high. Very old. It's all down now and the trunk is lying stacked up in a heap. I paced off the stump and it's about 3.5 feet across in diameter. The grumpy old man is in one piece but he's part of the big trunk so I don't think we can retrieve him. He must have landed on his chin, it's bleeding. Literally, it's bleeding sap.

The tree was on township property but we don't understand why we weren't notified beforehand. At the very least we thought some notice of the road being closed might have been given. OH is helping a lady on the other side of the tree and he had to drive around the block to get two houses down. He couldn't walk over either. Some neighbours are coming home from work now and they are pretty upset.

[voodoo]

If the city/gov't was responsible for downing the tree...MAKE them remove the stump.

[BucknBeau]

We saved a huge white oak tree that had been on the family farm for who knows how long. It was absolutely gorgeous and full with no dead/dying limbs. A right-of-way clearing crew came through and said they had to trim or cut the tree down. Hubby was afraid it would kill the tree since they said they had to trim so much so we let them cut it down. We were both extremely sad. He had climbed that tree as a kiddo 45 years ago. The place doesn't look the same and we still get sad seeing it gone.

[ShoalsRebel]

The community where my son lives had a street with very old oaks that towered high above and arched across the street making a canopy that was beautiful. Sadly one day a very large limb broke and fell on the vehicle of a passing motorist killing him instantly. Thus, the city has systematically along with the homeowners taken down limbs and in some cases oaks that were saplings when Helen Keller was born there. Such a sad think, but a life is more important so there wasn't a question of what to do.

[janedoe]

I'm sorry. Trees are very difficult to lose. You get to know them, especially when they're older.

[4Thelove]

Your street sounds beautiful, love trees. I would cry too at the loss of such a cool tree!