omg the other morning i got out of bed and opened the curtains, as you do. i was shocked and horrified because when i opened the curtains i could see far and wide. the large tree that has shaded my bedroom for the past twelve years was ... GONE. yes, there's only a stump left. my privacy has also GONE. the tree was in the park just outside my boundary and there's not enough room to plant a tree out there otherwise i would have done so years ago. it's the only shade i got from the afternoon western sun, esp. in the summer. firstly, my room is super light now. all the time. secondly, i can feel the temp. difference even with the small amount of warmish weather we've had lately and thirdly i have to have my blind down most of the time. the only good thing, if you can call it that, is that the tree lost a lot of it's leaves and made a mess of my back yard. i suppose that won't be a problem now. the tree was an australian native and had blossoms on it some of the time. it was quite old and not a really attractive tree but it was there. i'm yet to ring the council and ask if they are going to replace the tree. it didn't look 'sick' to me. when i first moved in there were three large trees on this end of the park. they've all gone now. the trees at the front of the park are just wonderful. deciduous and huge, they are similar to an oak but i don't think they are oaks.
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| goodbye tree |
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| you can see how big it was |
It's always sad when a tree dies. I think the world cries a little.
ReplyDeleteyes, Stephen, me too. i'm sure you are right. tears of sadness :(
DeletePoor tree... and poor you!
ReplyDeleteyes poor tree and thank you for your sympathy :)
DeleteOh gosh, that was a shock then all bare!
ReplyDeleteYou certainly will feel the heat facing westerly...I suppose a branch could have fallen from the departed tree and killed someone. Let's hope they remove the what is left and replace with a new tree :)
yes, i'll ring the council asap and request some new trees. i hope they plant more coz it's so bare without them. horrible
DeleteThat would have been a disappointing shock. I wonder if it will shoot again. Ask the council to plant more to provide shade and beauty for the park and residents.
ReplyDeleteHey! Where did you get the cool background of elephants.
ReplyDeletehi Diane, i think i stole, no, borrowed it from pinterest. i can't remember. it's cute isn't it?
DeleteShocks like that are not nice, sometimes it annoys me that councils can cut down trees willy nilly but the adverage person has to jump through hoops to be allowed to do the same........
ReplyDeleteCouncils think they are God. I feel so sorry for you.
ReplyDeleteThe stump looks like a WA Peppermint Tree (agonis flexuosa). They are planted everywhere as street trees as they are so good on so little water. Crush the leaves and the air is filled with peppermint.
OUr council is the same. They chopped down all the gum trees on our street roundabouts and replaced them with grass trees - the black trunks with grass sticking out the top. Takes 100 yrs to grow and never cast any shade.
Why do they do these things?????