A couple of days ago, I took a break from writing and sat on the patio, enjoying the shade and the birds and just thinking. I stared at a tree at the far end of the space, and my mind kept telling the gardener in me that several branches extended too far over the roof of the house. I thought to myself I’m going to have to trim four branches off that tree. Two of them are scraping the shingles on the roof, another one is headed for the roof and will touch by next year, and the fourth makes the tree look out of balance. The following morning I awoke and sat at the kitchen table having breakfast. Lovely got up came out of her bedroom and said Oh my God! What happened. She looked out at the patio and it looked a little like a mini tornado had come through during the night. Three of the four branches I thought needed to be cut, were on the ground. The falling branches raised all kinds of hell with Lovely’s potted flowers which were scattered throughout the yard. All I could think of was that I missed going to church the Sunday before and the Lord sent me a warning. I went to church this Sunday.
After seeing the tree with all those branches missing, I decided it isn’t worth keeping. I’m hiring an arborist to cut it down. It is time the yard got a new look.
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