The
cedar tree has been growing out by the end of the driveway since
1993. When we moved into the brand new house in the brand new
subdivision late in '92, ex-hubby wanted to put in $600 worth of
landscaping because the builder would reimburse us for $300 of it.
And the cedar tree was one of the items planted. It looked more like
a bush in the beginning, and it was different – totally not
Pleasant Valley Sunday!
I
do not know if ex-hubby had been pruning it to keep the bush look,
but after he left, over the years, the cedar shot up vertically while
continuing to bush out at the bottom. It looked kind of funny – but
it was green and unique, and another landmark for folks to find our
house on the street, and I loved it for all of that.
The
ivy crept around the bottom, holding in the occasional piece of
debris that might roll beneath on garbage pickup day. And the fluffy
branches were encroaching into the neighbor;s yard. Some parts of the
tree were yellowish, and it did not look all that healthy. So I guess
you can't blame Mike for wanting, these past few years, to take the
tree down.
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| The 2015 Cedar Tree |
And
right after putting chain saw to the ivy around the mailbox last weekend,
Mike got started on the cedar tree. It didn't take long before he
came to me in the backyard and said that the tree had more than one
trunk – maybe four or more! We just didn't see them
through the thickness of the foliage. Mike seriously considered
pruning down to one trunk and seeing what would happen.
As
parts of the cedar tree came down, Mike loaded them into his truck
for disposal elsewhere. The bed of the truck was full when he got to
that last trunk – and so Mike decided to leave it after all.
Can
you say Charlie Brown Christmas Tree?
It is no longer encroaching on the neighbor's yard. The ivy is not
choking the trunk or clinging to litter. There are four, or maybe
even more, angry stumps staring at us accusingly as we drive in or
out of the driveway. If you are looking for a landmark to find our
house – this is a good one. It is green, and it is unique, and I
love it.
A
memory of a cedar tree once planted in a new yard, and a story of its
rebirth!
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20150403 Driveway Cedar
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