Good morning walnut tree.
Morning sun peeks over the mountain.
That’s what happens with 40-50MPH winds, soggy ground from 3 inches of rain, and a formidable old tree that had already begun its ultimate lean.
The butt log is several feet in diameter.
From time to time people wonder where the massive solstice fires come from. Wonder no more!
Down to earth.
An ornamental forest pansy redbud is smashed under the crown in the circle—a second victim of the storm.
Adventures in tree removal begin tomorrow. Anybody want to buy the butt log? It has to be worth a few thousand bucks.
Jan 31, 2013 @ 09:05:02
My condolences on your tree loss. I still mourn for the five 50-year-old oaks that scary EF4 tornado subtracted from our yard in 2011. Those remaining are so truncated that we can’t truly gauge wind speed.
At least there is some consolation that your tree remains will be consecrated in a proper fashion at one solstice or another. Fortitudine.
Jan 31, 2013 @ 18:06:40
The butt log turns out to be 30 feet long and 8 feet 9 inches in circumference (about 34 inches in diameter). A very big log indeed. Some of the branches themselves may be worth harvesting for timber as well. This was a big tree.
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