I'll give you a hint: you saw a photo of this spot just a few days ago.
Okay, how about another hint?
Does that help?
Yes, the seemingly giraffe-pruned pine is no longer around! Here's a reminder of what it looked like a few days ago:
Now I'm thinking that this crazy pruning job was just the first stage of the tree's removal, with stage two happening a week later. Not a bad plan for DIY lumberjacks actually.
I sure hope they plant another tree here, as the corner looks strangely empty now. Add this to the fact that the neighbor a few houses away (who also happens to be on a corner) had two large pines taken down last year, and this section of street has lost a great deal of winter tree appeal and summer shade.
Another pine would be nice as I don't think anyone has been planting any, and the neighborhood loses a couple every year.
Just make sure it's planted straight this time.
(Remove a tree, plant a tree -- that should be the rule, right?)
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Where will the giraffe graze now? : )
ReplyDeleteI have to laugh -- what you thought was a ridiculous pruning job turned out to be stage one in the take down!
ReplyDeleteI second "remove a tree, plant a tree" and something nice should go in there now. Not a white pine --- too big, too much of a forest tree for a suburban lot. I hope they do put something interesting there.
I'd say, remove ONE tree, plant TWO :-).
ReplyDeleteA neighbor took down a tree right about a year after we'd moved in and the difference was shocking. We planted a Chinese pistache to make up for it, but it's taken 10+ years to get to the size the other tree had been.
Gerhard: "remove one, plant two" sounds like my motto for weeds.
ReplyDeleteLaurrie: I'd have no problem with another white pine going in. I just hope they plant *something*.
ReplyDeleteI agree...there should be some statute that they have to replace it...unless there's a good reason not too.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many lovely smaller trees that look decorative and have interest either in the spring or the autumn, that spot could be great for a number of different trees!
ReplyDeleteTaking down a tree is an opportunity for planting something new :-)