Weeping for Trees

[primsong]

My neighbor is taking down all FOUR of the giant douglas firs that grace his property, now our little acre and part of the mobile home park behind us will be the only groves left of what was once a small forest of them. Old timers have told us of how they used to come hunt in 'those woods' in their youth, and of the filbert orchard and sheep pasturage that are now all subdivisions. They are all healthy 120ft. dougs, I feel as if the innocent are being executed, and for no reason other than as he's gotten older he wants more sunlight. :-(

Comments

[ravenskyewalker.livejournal.com]

$&@#?! I'm protective of trees. If he wants more sunlight, why doesn't he move instead of destroyng beautiful, healthy trees? No, I don't feel logical about this. He doesn't like where he is, he can move and leave the trees alone, since they were there first by a long time. Grrr.

[primsong.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly - why not move to a sunnier place and let someone who appreciates them live there instead? Though he's a good neighbor and keeps his property neatly,and I do realize he's lived there a good part of his life... how he could even *think* of taking them down when they were there before him and have been his companions all these years I have no way of comprehending. *winces as the sound of another giant limb being chipped goes by*

[shirebound]

Oh no! I love trees so much.

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Likewise! And these have been there for years and years - such a loss to the future generations, the big trees.

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

Oh no! That's terrible. My neighbours had a massive tree in their front yard when I was a kid, and I was a wreck when they had to chop it down - but in that case, at least, the tree was rotting from the inside and was actually threatening to fall over and smash their house. To chop down douglas firs that are perfectly healthy... :(

[primsong.livejournal.com]

I could deal with it better if they were ailing - goodness knows you can't let your house be squished by a behemoth tree - but when they're well rooted, full and green? :-( Two have had all of their branches off now and they're working on a third, I'm torn between not wanting to see it and a morbid fascination as the carnage progresses.

[clocketpatch]

D: D: D:

[primsong.livejournal.com]

*nods*
D:

[curuchamion.livejournal.com]

All I have to say is what I always say in such circumstances:

Yrch! :P