Today we had to say goodbye to the oldest, tallest, shadiest tree in our yard. :( It was really sad to see it go. Really sad. But it had to be done. What, you might wonder, is a good enough reason to remove such a lovely sycamore? I’ll show you.
Reason #1:
That would be the remnants of a nylon rope that someone tied around the tree at least a decade ago…and the tree grew around it and swallowed it.
Reason #2:
That would be a 2×4. Yup, a piece of wood being consumed by our tree. Does that make it a cannibal? Oh, it makes me so sad to see this! If you need a better view…
We figured that the kids who lived in the house before us tried really hard to build a tree house. I’m guessing they gave up.
Reason #3:
Yes, friends. That would be another rope that got swallowed up by the tree.
Reason #4:
This might seem a little shallow, but every time the wind blew, a million of these little twigs would fall all over the grass. I clean up after 4 kids all day, I don’t want to clean up after the tree all the time too!
Reason #5:
We didn’t know about this one until today, but there is METAL in the middle of the tree. METAL!!! The poor guy cutting it up ruined his saw. Who does this to a tree? And it wasn’t just one spot…but it was in the trunk, AND in one of the main branches. I’m still cringing. Maybe nails from the failed tree house?
I think he had just hit the metal right before I came out to take a picture. I felt really bad, but not bad enough to offer to buy him a new saw.
This was the beginning of the end of our favorite big tree…even the kids were sad. Probably the closest thing we’ll ever have to a pet! Well, other than the 4 monkeys running around our house. We’ve planted nearly 20 trees in our yard since we moved in almost 8 years ago. And I have to feel good about that. Especially since I’ve been having all this tree removal guilt! Goodbye sycamore!!
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