Beau lost a friend to a falling tree that way a few years ago. It was the brother of that same guy I told you about whose ex-wife was just murdered. :(
Not sure how much more that family can take! Yikes!
Years ago we took down a HUGE Cottonwood tree in the back yard that was dead on top and threatening to fall on our deck. That was quite the project and Beau got SIX bear ‘bait stumps’ out of that tree, that’s how HUGE it was.
We also took down the last remaining Ash tree in Wisconsin that same day. Emerald Ash Borer got it, but the thing keeps re-sprouting and refusing to die, so Beau is just letting it go to see what happens. He says he’s saving that ash wood to make himself a baseball bat, LOL!
Once we moved to the Midwest, I started getting sick every year late in May. Guess what was blooming in my backyard? 3 giant cottonwood trees! It took me one really severe allergy season to decide to see the top notch allergist in town. He scheduled 4 or so months out for new patients. He was worth the wait, though.
I went for 2 years of weekly shots to get all of my allergies under control. He started with the most severe ones. I still don’t tempt fate by having a real Christmas tree inside the house. I’m allergic the molds that grow on them. Thank God for that doctor, though.
By the way, I’m mostly over my headcold with annoying cough. Every day is a bit better. I stopped being a slug on Monday. I haven’t gone totally back to my usual routine, but I’m close.