Trees, trees and …. less trees!

This has been the week of the tree at my place!  I didn’t realize when it started how much difference it would make.  I knew that the two maples in the front yard were like four times as high as the house.  In a housing plan, with the homes so close together, it’s not a great idea for them to be so high.  I also knew that the crab apple tree in the bottom yard was messy and dirty and had a tendency to have dead limbs throughout.  And the apples started raining down in the spring and only got continually worse – including a nice supply in my neighbor’s yard!  I had planted a pussy willow tree about 6 years ago on the hill, and didn’t realize how big it would grow.  And trimming it back last year only made it grown better this spring. 

So I bit the bullet this week and called Ansell Tree Service in Mt. Pleasant.  They very pleasantly and efficiently gave the maples a healthy trim, cut the apple tree even with the ground, and chopped the willow tree completely out. (NO TREE!) They cleaned up very nicely and now — perfection!  Couldn’t ask for a better job. 

Then on Saturday, Nate, Jen, Autmn and Chrissy and I drove to Albion to spend the day with Mom and John.  The original idea was to go to the lake, but cold, rainy weather chased that away.  But what we did find when we got there was that a HUGE cherry tree had come down in a strong wind and grazed the corner of the front porch.   I could not believe how huge the tree was, and what amount of cleanup there would be.  If you look closely, you can see Nate standing on the other side of the fallen branches. There was nothing we could do to help with cleanup.  They had contacted the county, who hopes to come out next week and clean up.  Several neighbors want the wood.  God was smiling on their little (???) farmhouse, as nothing at all was damaged. 

So this was indeed the week of the trees:  a lot good and a little bad.  But when it ends so well, there are nothing but blessings!