Fall Down Go Boom

Boom not included ... *

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A Christmas miracle!

This was the second year in a row we found ourselves home for Christmas. Last year because I was unemployed for most of it. This because of the pandemic. And when I walked into the kitchen Christmas morning to fire up the coffee maker, something looked wrong out in the yard.

A bit more obvious when looking from the other side, toward the house. 

One of our Willow Trees had fallen down.

Fortunately parallel and not perpendicular to the house. That's the 'miracle' part.

It did hit the fence around the Fish Pond, but the fence held. Another miracle.

Now comes the hard part, putting it back up.

Ok, I'm being a little facetious here. But ...

We knew this tree was dying and planted a Tulip Poplar behind (from the house) it last year. But we had hoped the dead trunk would remain, to attract woodpeckers.    

I've already cut the top branches off, to where the trunk divides. So maybe, if I trim the tree just a little bit more, we can have the main trunk stand again. If not, maybe we'll turn it into a bench. Or a long platform bird feeder. Time will tell.

And I'll no doubt blog about it.

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* If a tree falls in the yard and no one is awake to hear it, does it go boom?