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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Mar 29 2015 : 12:53:37 PM
04/20/18: I AM CRYING!!!!  We have had horrible winds the last week or so. Last night there were gusts so strong and awful that they COMPLETELY UPROOTED THIS BIG BEAUTIFUL SPRUCE TREE!!! I was making my breakfast, looked out my kitchen window and saw that it was laying down. UPROOTED!!!!
A stunningly gorgeous 30 foot tall Colorado Blue Spruce. My "miracle" tree is GONE!
I know it's "just a tree" but . . . .
Thanks for letting me cry on your shoulders!
CJ
It was at the end of our driveway and enjoyed by our neighbors as well . . . gone!
By the way: It had "healed" itself from the lopping by the top branches all turning upward and making it look like a real tree again. I thought that was an amazing way to heal!!
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My hubby started chopping the branches off and we dragged them another area. The tree is so big and heavy we wouldn't be able to drag it anywhere without taking limbs off. So sad!!
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Look at what the tree trimming guys did to our Colorado Blue Spruce tree at the end of our driveway! They said they would just take the "tip" off (power line clearance, hired by the power company). And the power line is not directly over the tree even though it appears so in the one photo. I was in Arizona at my daughter's and my hubby was not home when they came and did this. My hubby said he would have NOT ALLOWED this.
Absolutely unncessary!
This tree, as a seedling, survived our devastating fire in 1994 and grew into this beautiful, perfectly shaped tree! I know it'll grow new growth, but it'll never be the same!
I just want to spit nails!
CJ
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Apr 25 2018 : 3:09:09 PM
CJ, totally understand. Sorry you lost that beautiful big tree.
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| HollerGirl56 |
Posted - Apr 23 2018 : 10:37:59 PM
ceejay48---I am proud of you. We have a two man saw that my ancestors used on the cabin wall and I would not have the strength to use it. Glad for you that you have cleaned it up. One of my saddest memories is leaving our old farm house that we lived in for twenty years and having to go by and see our beautiful huge old ash tree dead in the front yard. It had to be cut down and although I have nothing to do with that property anymore it about kills me every time I see it. Let it go and heal your self. The beautiful old farmhouse I was raised in was torn down too---so double hurt for me. I have learned to love what we have and let go of the past, but it was very hard to learn. Blessings to you and get you a fast growing tree to plant and heal you.
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Apr 23 2018 : 9:25:16 PM
Nicole,
No we are not trying to replant it . .. the roots are torn and ripped apart and the tree would just die anyway. We've cut off all the branches and moved them away . . . took the better part of two days to do that. They are heavier than one would think. Today hubby and I used a two man saw and cut one 6-ft. section from the upper part of the trunk and make a second cut halfway through on the next section but it is all HARD work so we quit for the day.
We're replant something but we have to finish removal and filling up the "crater" in the ground that it made.
Yes, very sad!!
CJ
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| HollerGirl56 |
Posted - Apr 23 2018 : 11:48:58 AM
I have often mourned for trees and I so understand how you feel. I used to fight to stop people from cutting down trees and once I saved A beautiful weeping willow from being cut down in our neighborhood. But now since we live in the woods all trees do is fall over---usually on my phone line which runs for one and one fourth miles. Just this morning my husband came in and told me two big trees had fallen behind the cabin. That means fire wood for us and a lot of work cutting it. I have learned that nature takes out weak trees. Let this tree go and savor its memory. Plant a new tree and love it.
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| texdane |
Posted - Apr 23 2018 : 06:31:56 AM
Oh CeeJay! I am so sorry to hear this happened to your beloved tree. Everywhere has had such wicked, weird weather lately. Your heartbreak is totally understandable, especially with the tree’s history. We had something like that once, and I still mourn my tree when I walk by that spot. Did I understand the thread right, you’re trying to replant it? Hopefully that works; keep us posted.
Big hugs my sweet friend.
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| suny58 |
Posted - Apr 22 2018 : 12:26:57 PM
That is just PLAIN SAD CJ!!!! I hurt for you AND the tree! :( So very sorry!
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| Audra Rose |
Posted - Apr 21 2018 : 8:41:26 PM
I am so sad for the loss of your beautiful tree. I agree, you should try to make something to memorialize it.
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| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Apr 21 2018 : 8:30:30 PM
I'm still hugging you. What a loss!.
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| Dreamer42 |
Posted - Apr 21 2018 : 8:08:18 PM
Oh my gosh, Ceejay, I just gasped when I saw the topped off tree picture... goodness, they did a terrible job topping that tree... thinking of you.
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| katmom |
Posted - Apr 21 2018 : 09:58:34 AM
Ch... can you salvege a branch or yo e to make a bird house from... or use a thick branch to make a pedestal for a flower pot or birdhouse...?
So sorry you list your memory tree... search the ground around, maybe their is a tiny shoot that wad next to the base... that you could nurture and grow... oh wouldn't that be awesome....
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| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - Apr 21 2018 : 05:50:26 AM
Oh CeeJay what a beautiful tree it was, I remember it from our visit, what a Sad and beautiful loss:/(
Hugs,
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| quiltee |
Posted - Apr 20 2018 : 4:29:57 PM
So sorry for the loss of your tree in the winds. I lost 2 large branches off one tree here - one each of the last 2 years. There is not much left of it
And I HATE the way power companies cut trees "away from the wires." They butcher them.
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| jan49829 |
Posted - Apr 20 2018 : 3:40:35 PM
Oh, I do remember how much you loved that tree. Sorry to hear that it is now gone. Another life change for you. Hugs,
Jan
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Apr 10 2015 : 3:06:59 PM
Thanks girls for your understanding. I've been told I should register a complaint in the event the tree gets diseased or dies from this.
Still pondering . . .
CJ
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| wildflower17 |
Posted - Apr 09 2015 : 2:59:22 PM
Just saw the post CJ...How heart wrenching to see something of such beauty butchered in this manner...I know that someway God will give you knowledge and inspiration to bring your tree back to a thing of beauty:):):)
Hugs!
Judy
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| Marilyn Hartman Sullivan |
Posted - Apr 07 2015 : 11:58:57 AM
Oh my goodness! I was just scrolling down through this topic and actually gasped out loud when I saw the "after" picture. What butchery. Unbelievable. I hope she survives and that you figure out how to deal with it.
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Apr 07 2015 : 07:19:12 AM
Encouraging story, Luanne. Unfortunately that's not our case. The tree could have been planted elsewhere . . . don't know why it wasn't, even though it's not directly under.
CJ
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| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Apr 06 2015 : 1:03:45 PM
Luanne: There is justice sometimes. We need every tree. Finally someone made the right decision.
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| beekeepersgirl |
Posted - Apr 06 2015 : 12:46:51 PM
The power company wanted to cut down my boyfriend's apple tree that was under the power lines and the power company rep gave him a bunch of grief about planting it there - until BF reminded him that the tree was almost 100 years old, and was there long before the power lines were. Then he asked why the power company put their lines over his tree - the power company guy, of course, didn't have an answer - but the tree didn't get cut!!
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Apr 04 2015 : 10:42:23 AM
Thank you farmgirl friends! I'm noticing that the current top branches are starting to point a bit to the sky . . . hmmmmmm!
CJ
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| melody |
Posted - Apr 03 2015 : 10:03:07 AM
When my folks started thinking about retiring from the Air Force they bought a little farmette just a few miles away from my fathers parents. While we were stationed at our last AFB we would come to the farm and do badly needed repairs on the place every weekend. One weekend driving down the huge hill that went by our place we noticed right away that all eight 100 year old Maples were cut to the ground in preparation for highway work. My mother cried and cried. I'll never forget that and how barren the yard looked without our beloved Northern maples gracing the front lawn. We were never notified of potential high-way construction and the workers knew we weren't expected and took advantage of the fact. It was a small town and everyone knew everyone and no one said anything about high-way work. It was a huge shock.
Ceejay I know EXACTLY how you feel dear....
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Apr 01 2015 : 4:06:08 PM
Thanks for your thoughtful comments, farmgirls!
I understand the need to keep power lines clear and am all for it, but it doesn't have to be done in a brutal, unattractive manner that impacts the growth of the trees, and be overdone.
Good grief!
CJ
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| Beth Jones |
Posted - Apr 01 2015 : 3:53:52 PM
The power company does that around here. They will just ruin the trees going up and down the road with this machine that just chews the limbs off...Not even an even cut!! Makes me sick! Trees are so precious. It makes me sad to see them abused!! Beth
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| rough start farmgirl |
Posted - Apr 01 2015 : 1:25:51 PM
CJ, That is heart breaking. The tree stood for perseverance and it reassured you that you belonged there. If the tree could make it, you could certainly rebuild and flourish. You feel badly because you probably feel you should have been able to protect it. It was, by no stretch of the imagination, attacked. It was left very wounded, but still loved. It doesn't stand as the tall tribute to overcoming the fire any longer. So, I guess you will just have to nurse it back to beauty and let it stand as a bit shorter tribute to love.
So sorry for your loss, Mar |
| SarahJ |
Posted - Apr 01 2015 : 05:49:04 AM
I know how you feel. Our old house was surrounded by 100-year old oak trees that were picturesque. The power company wanted to cut them down because they were growing too close to the lines, but I threatened to chain myself to them! The end result? Trees "pruned" (aka butchered) so they were all but a stump with a few scraggly branches left.
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