I have been very fortunate this month and throughout my life.

My cottonwood, which I planted in the 1990s) became infected with small white worms.  During the horrific winds two weeks ago, the main limb broke away from the tree.  The very tip hit the roof and skitter down the metal siding.  It missed the satellite dish, solar panels, and everything else.  Just a small dent down the siding to the ground.  It could have been so much worse.  If it fell to the north, it could have taken my neighbor‘s garage or car,  Falling to the east would have taken a different neighbor’s car.  Across the street, it may or may not have hit another neighbor’s vehicle.

The neighbor behind my house offered to saw up the limb.  I put out a free wood sign.  Neighbors down the street took the wood.  My neighbor across the street, being a lumberjack, offered to fell the tree and hit the exact spot he said he chose.  That takes experience.  He sawed up part of the tree and again the free wood sign went up.  Another neighbor picked up the wood.  I still had a lot of limbs on the ground.  Once again the neighbor behind my house offered to saw them up in pieces.  Again, the sign went up.  Again, another neighbor took the free wood.

Thank you to all my wonderful neighbors.

Charlene

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