CRAAACK
No, that wasn't thunder. It was the sound of our hearts breaking. Actually it was the sound of our magnificent old live oak tree splitting. This tree was one of the main reasons we bought our house. It has provided beauty, shade, and a playground for our kids over the past 31 years.
Fortunately, no one was injured and there was only a small amount of damage to our neighbor's fence.
Unfortunately, this has dampened our spirits as we prepare for our summer trip.
3 comments:
George and Cindy --
Ann and I, too, felt a real sense of loss this afternoon when Meghan told us what had happened to the old oak. I fremember when we first came to visit you in your Austin house, back in 1977, when Balcones was just a-building. I remember thinking that you had found the perfect lot, with the old oak as a centerpiece. Over the years, as we've visited, we've seen the tree grow and change... every time we came, it seemed to be bigger and more handsome. To see half of it meet such a sad demise is truly troubling... but if the arborist is right, and it can be saved, even with half of it sheared off, it will likely take on some new and unimagined shape for your children and grandchildren to see, and remember the time when the tree started out on a new path.
Bud
I'm sad that my kids won't get to play on the tree the same way we did - but I too, hope the arborist is right and there will be some of the tree left for them to enjoy.
It's just heart breaking. I have a scar on my knee from that tree. I, like most other kids in our family, played on that tree.
And your brand new fence too. Tragic!
Kati
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