… 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:
Burning bush.
