Good bye, old friend!

Right beside our house, we had a giant red oak tree. Very beautiful, about 100 years old, about 80 feet tall.
Unfortunately, over the years, there were more and more dead limbs. Just recently, about 3 weeks apart, some fell on one of our cars, and several were hanging above the house and the drive way.
With a heavy heart, we decided it was time to let the tree go.
We had a terrific crew. The tree was down within two days, and they did a marvelous cleanup job!
Dear tree, I so much hated to see you go. I will miss your shade, but not the tons of leaves in the fall.

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Aww, did you keep a slice of it for a table or something? What a grand old tree, too bad its time had come.

What a lovely old friend! :love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love:

You will be missed you beautiful tree you.

The 2nd picture shows how BIG the tree was.

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Originally Posted by Karen

Aww, did you keep a slice of it for a table or something? What a grand old tree, too bad its time had come.

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I wish we could have kept one, but it was way too big. We kept a log for the garden.

It's always sad to see a huge tree like that go. :( There were some as big as that in the cemetery near me, a few have been cut down, even one near John's grave that I really liked. :( That tree was part of my decision to choose the spot.

Thats too bad =/ have you thought of having something small made out of the log you kept?

Possibly an adornment in a big planter, or support for a climbing plant.