… to the Norway maple that’s just outside our backdoor. Tomorrow it will will come down. And we’ll have a pile of wood chips, some fire wood to barter, and some good chunks for my friend and wood sculptor, Marc Freedman to turn into bowls and trays and free-form pieces.
I’m a little ambivalent, but ready. The biggest drawback is this tree is our house’s air conditioner, blocking the sun on the south side of the house. But there are major limbs that could come down on the house with the next ice storm. It wasn’t pruned to a single trunk early in it’s life and has multiple trunks veering off in all directions. The roots blocked the pipe leading to the septic tank soon after we moved in, requiring a major repair. And Norway maples are among the worst weeds in my flower beds. On top of that, this is about the best fall color shot I’ve got from this tree:
Some more fall color from the ridge this weekend:
It is sad to lose a tree. You will have a sun-filled space now.
I hope the arborists did a good job. We’ve had to take town an average of a tree a year since we bought our home. It’s never fun.
Separately, I love your flower scans. I’ve used my scanner creatively before but haven’t tried it with flowers yet. Thank you for the idea.
Norway maple is one of the few trees we cut down when we first bought our house. It was big and at least 25 years old, but we’ve never regretted it. Our AC is a huge Honey Locust that needs pruning again.