tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post6330322954462205543..comments2024-03-28T16:26:35.679-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Who Cries at The Death of a Tree?OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27262028855962407162014-10-19T14:47:30.334-07:002014-10-19T14:47:30.334-07:00I know exactly how he felt.I know exactly how he felt.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29801640742423091182014-10-19T10:55:21.676-07:002014-10-19T10:55:21.676-07:00Once had a house with a huge tree in the front yar...Once had a house with a huge tree in the front yard. Cleaning up the leaves once a years was a chore, but the whole family enjoyed the tree. My sons, and the neighborhood kids, played in it. The new owners cut it down. One day we happened to drive by and my youngest burst into tears when he saw the stump.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78058156246214971772014-10-19T10:44:32.540-07:002014-10-19T10:44:32.540-07:00Ah, the builders of subdivisions. Quick buck, no l...Ah, the builders of subdivisions. Quick buck, no long term thought of what will be.<br /><br />Devils, the lot of them.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-91443586612334872412014-10-19T10:43:34.408-07:002014-10-19T10:43:34.408-07:00That would hurt.That would hurt.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74277590199932554562014-10-19T10:43:21.432-07:002014-10-19T10:43:21.432-07:00I have lived in a place with damn few trees. Miss ...I have lived in a place with damn few trees. Miss them I did.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78829944438934195552014-10-19T08:32:34.266-07:002014-10-19T08:32:34.266-07:00For fifteen years I have watched these trees, this...<i>For fifteen years I have watched these trees, this remnant of a forest which once spread nearly unbroken from the shores of Cape Cod to the beginnings of the Great Plains on the other side of the Mississippi.</i><br /><br />A couple o' things... First, 15 years in one place? I'm SO envious! My longevity record is ten years in the same city but in two different homes.<br /><br />Second, you wanna REALLY miss trees? Come out and live on those Great Plains of which you speak.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-8996947736378307222014-10-19T04:50:16.173-07:002014-10-19T04:50:16.173-07:00You'd be crying for days if you lived here. T...You'd be crying for days if you lived here. They are chopping down trees right and left because of power lines and disease. We lost a bunch in a freak storm this summer. Very sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88010208428464527172014-10-18T22:10:21.486-07:002014-10-18T22:10:21.486-07:00Out in CA we have these trees called camphor trees...Out in CA we have these trees called camphor trees. The builder of my humble subdivision picked them because they grow fast. Problem is 2 fold - they grow so big that many lawns look like a volcano ready to erupt - the tree takes up most of the lawn. - the tree has lifted the lawn 3 feet or so. Also the wood is weak and brittle - so any bit windstorm we have can break branches weighing 100-200 lbs. <br /><br />I view it as a lawsuit waiting to happen as the tree extends halfway across the street. <br /><br />So I am thinking of hiring a "tree hitman" :-) <br /><br />I'm sure the trees in New England are prettier and stronger. <br /><br />But tehn we have Sequoias. I saw a picture of early 19th century loggers cutting one of these majestic giants. <br /><br />For those I shed a tear. Bill Brandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296770640153629109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19935294666972297892014-10-18T18:20:28.876-07:002014-10-18T18:20:28.876-07:00Indeed.Indeed.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-8913023023261883702014-10-18T17:43:14.745-07:002014-10-18T17:43:14.745-07:00When you've watched them grow, you are 'in...When you've watched them grow, you are 'invested'... as they say...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2696205478355417192014-10-18T16:50:56.721-07:002014-10-18T16:50:56.721-07:00I never looked at it that way.
Marvelous insight ...I never looked at it that way.<br /><br />Marvelous insight there my friend.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-80838126212505707362014-10-18T16:22:44.374-07:002014-10-18T16:22:44.374-07:00The sentimentality is cumulative. As we age, the ...The sentimentality is cumulative. As we age, the losses we experience tend to build up and we can't help but hurt from it, whether it be a tree, an animal, or another human. I know very well how you feel.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.com