In the back right corner of my yard was a 60 foot Ash tree, about 70 years old or so. It is the tree that my brothers and I first learned to climb, and had a lot of good memories. Unfortunately the ravages of time have not been kind to the old fellow, and about a week ago he was cut down, and even had to endure the final indignity of having his stump ground into nothingness.
Just 3 days ago my wife, my 6 year old daughter and I embarked on a journey to the north of our home, to an old established tree farm. There we made the arrangements for the delivery of the ultimate autumnal centrepiece - a 22 foot "Autumn Blaze" Maple tree. As the name implies, it changes in the autumn from green to a brilliant red, gold and orange display. The coloured leaves will be gathered and raked to the front of our house, adding to the vibrant yellows of the Ash trees and the sombre brown of the Oaks. These leaves will be the canopy for my daughter to jump in, and add to the parody "Pumpkin Patch" at her Halloween party, where small pumpkins will be scattered to by "harvested" by her guests, and carved by assorted moms and dads. Still later, as the season closes, the leaves will serve as the makeshift covering of our Halloween graveyard.
Just 3 days ago my wife, my 6 year old daughter and I embarked on a journey to the north of our home, to an old established tree farm. There we made the arrangements for the delivery of the ultimate autumnal centrepiece - a 22 foot "Autumn Blaze" Maple tree. As the name implies, it changes in the autumn from green to a brilliant red, gold and orange display. The coloured leaves will be gathered and raked to the front of our house, adding to the vibrant yellows of the Ash trees and the sombre brown of the Oaks. These leaves will be the canopy for my daughter to jump in, and add to the parody "Pumpkin Patch" at her Halloween party, where small pumpkins will be scattered to by "harvested" by her guests, and carved by assorted moms and dads. Still later, as the season closes, the leaves will serve as the makeshift covering of our Halloween graveyard.