This week a very prominent tree in the neighborhood was taken down. It covered three lots and although it was a beautiful tree there was some risk. If part of the tree came down there was a possibility for damage. It spread across fences, two garages and three houses. Many times this tree was inadvertently in my photo. It could also make a striking photo on it's own. Who could resist the yellow leaves with a bit of early morning sunlight.
The first day they used ropes and climbed to take off one side.
The next day they brought in a very large crane.
Wow that tree really dwarfs the man who is working to take it down. I like huge trees but sometimes the root systems do take up too much of ones yard or driveway and become a problem.
ReplyDeleteThis tree stuck up by itself so there were no other trees to protect it from the wind.
DeleteIt seems to have been the only really large tree in the vicinity and probably an important piece of habitat. What a pity
ReplyDeleteThat's right. It was twice as tall as any other nearby trees.
Deletethis is touching to loose such beautiful friend from neighborhood dear Red
ReplyDeletespecially when you have spent numerous mornings looking at it
i bet you will miss it for while :)
images are interesting
It will be missed because it was something I always noticed when I was outside.
DeleteThat's a shame! Was it diseased or otherwise in danger of falling, or just a matter of size?
ReplyDeleteIt was a very healthy tree but stuck up all by itself so there was no protection from other trees.
DeleteIt always makes me sad to see a tree ging down. Our municipality seems to have a new hobby here :(
ReplyDeleteIt was sad to see this one go but it was not safe.
DeleteIt is always sad to see a healthy tree taken down but I guess you have a few more trees in Canada. It is estimated that there are 318 billion trees in Canada. That is a lot but only half as many as there are in Russia.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget that we are on the prairie !!! Not many trees here.
DeleteHello, it is beautiful tree, always sad to see a tree come down. Safety is more important. Enjoy your day and weekend.
ReplyDeleteYes, it definitely was a safety issue.
DeleteSo sad to see an old friend like this tree come down. I guess it was a hazard, though. It didn't look much like it was in any danger of falling. Goodbye, old tree.
ReplyDeleteIt was a very healthy strong tree. It stuck up all by itself .
DeleteKudos to their excellent skill! It scares me to death to watch something like this!
ReplyDeleteYes it's scary but they do have excellent training.
DeleteSad to see such a beautiful old tree taken down. Sometimes though it does have to go.
ReplyDeleteYes, it was healthy but just too big.
DeleteIt's certainly different to take down an urban tree than one in a forest. It's a shame to lose any tree, but sometimes it has to be done. It really changes the landscape, though.
ReplyDeleteThis was a type of tree that never should have been planted here.
DeleteSad to see.
ReplyDeleteWell it was put in the wrong place.
DeleteWhat a beautiful tree, it's sad to see it come down but at least people can feel safer.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the tree owner feels much more at ease.
DeleteIt is sad to see a tree come down but I will agree that if it must be removed it can be very interesting watching how it is done. Those are special skills for sure.
ReplyDeleteThese guys have a fair amount of special training.
DeleteI like seeing a series like this. Hard-working people doing an amazing job.
ReplyDeleteAmazing job is an understatement.
DeleteWell, that makes me sad.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have many large trees so this won was up there all by itself.
DeleteIt wasn't until I saw the man up it and then the crane that I realised just how big the tree was.
ReplyDeleteWow that was a huge tree, so sad to see it go :(
ReplyDeleteI too don’t like to see a tree taken down, but understand. Have had more than one friend whose house has been damaged by falling trees.
ReplyDeleteAlways sad to say goodbye to those old trees. We have had a few in the neighborhood go the same way. Before we moved in we found out later that one of the trees in the garden fell on our house. We took its partner down because the tent months had killed it off. Now there is one left that we are eyeing. It brings us so much pleasure with the wildlife, not to mention the shade. I love to look up into its branches and find it so relaxing, but we've been told it is dying off too.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering what kind of tree it was. We have a ginkgo tree in our back yard that looks similar to that one and it has gotten taller and taller over the years. I know we will have to have it taken down at some point in time because it is getting so big and tall. I will be very sad when that happens.
ReplyDeleteA couple of years ago we had to have a large blue spruce in our front yard taken down. I kept telling my husband it looked like that tree was starting to lean a lot and was leaning more all of the time. For some reason my husband couldn't see that it was leaning. Finally, I was able to convince him that it was leaning, a lot. It was a home for generations of bird and squirrel families. It wasn't so big when we moved here over 40 years ago, but grew and grew. Finally my husband couldn't deny the "lean" any longer and we had it taken down. Good thing we did. It had been planted too near the house when it was a small little spruce by the previous owners of our home. It was completely hollow inside and hollow and rotted to mush deep down into the roots. It would surely have fallen, possibly onto our home, during one of the thunderstorms we had later that summer.
I miss that tree so much. It was big enough that it made quite a bit of shade and with it gone, our front door and porch no longer has any shade in the hot afternoons. It gets so hot on hot summer afternoons, that the paint on the front door gets soft.We have a lot of memories of The Spruce in photographs, though, because so many pictures of our kids first days of school, and birthdays, and friends were taken with it as a backdrop. I still do miss that tree, though. And so do all of the birds and squirrels.