13 September

A Changing Landscape, A Fallen Tree

by Jon Katz
A Fallen Tree
A Fallen Tree

At our farm, in our life, a changing landscape.The big old pine tree that shaded us in the garden is gone, toppled over. It missed the Dahlia garden, it took down some big limbs of the apple tree, it spared our fence by landing squarely on a fence post, it changed our view. In a sense, our landscape is opened up, it was not a beautiful or graceful tree, unlike the apple tree and the white birch that survived the storm. The wood from the pine tree is neatly lined up, it will go to our neighbors who have outdoor furnaces, they take soft wood.

The collapse tree was ugly, a kind of scar in our yard, it is good to have it cleaned up.

We are grateful the other trees were spared. We did lose one of the Adirondack chairs, it will be simple to replace. Our life is a changing landscape, it’s not the landscape that matters, it’s new eyes to see it.

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