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Across the Fence:  I just wanna cry . . :( I AM CRYING!!!  |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 29 2015 : 12:53:37 PM
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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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..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
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from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
Edited by - ceejay48 on Apr 20 2018 4:08:32 PM |
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jan49829
True Blue Farmgirl
2428 Posts
Janet
Gladstone
Mi.
USA
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ceridwen
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Carole
New York
USA
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AsiyahK
True Blue Farmgirl
113 Posts
Asiyah
New Jersey
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2015 : 1:19:35 PM
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lovinRchickens
True Blue Farmgirl
3492 Posts
Kelly
Pipe Creek
Texas
USA
3492 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2015 : 2:00:52 PM
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Oh CJ, I am so very sorry what a gorgeous tree.
Farmgirl #5111
Farmgirl of the month October 2014
Blessings
~Kelly~ |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
3162 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
3162 Posts |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4759 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4759 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2015 : 6:29:02 PM
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Oh my God, that's terrible! I want to give them a good kick in their rear ends for that! I'm so sorry they ruined your beautiful tree.
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5365 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5365 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2015 : 6:34:54 PM
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That breaks my heart too! The tree trimmer for our county roads do that to our Beautiful pine trees!
Farmgirl Hugs! Connie
Imagine....#3392 |
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
2349 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2015 : 6:56:28 PM
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OMG! Your heart must've sank when you arrived back home and saw this. I'm sorry.
Catherine
Sister #76 (2005)
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt.
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2015 : 7:43:08 PM
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Oh CJ...I am horrified!!! That was the most beautiful tree and I know your history with it and I would have just
sat down and bawled my head off!!! That was no little..."just take the tip off" job at all. Oh, my goodness I
just can't believe it!!!  I am sooooooooooooo sorry!!!! I don't even know what to say...it is just so awful.
I will pray for good quick growth for it...and healing for your heart.
Hugs,
Peggy
Farmgirl #1326
Dec 2011-Farmgirl of the Month
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
Don't allow others to steal the Glitz from your *SPARKLE*
Life is too short to knit with ugly yarn!
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Edited by - LadyInRed on Mar 29 2015 7:44:50 PM |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6663 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6663 Posts |
Posted - Mar 30 2015 : 05:02:52 AM
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What a hack job!!! I agree with Alee. Take a photo and file a formal complaint with the company!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014 |
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
626 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
626 Posts |
Posted - Mar 30 2015 : 09:25:28 AM
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Oh CJ! That's so sad, I'm so sorry that happened to your beautiful tree! I hope you are able to shape it. :(
Erin
Farmgirl #3762
"It is... through the world of the imagination which takes us beyond the restrictions of provable fact, that we touch the hem of truth." - Madeleine L'Engle
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Mar 30 2015 : 09:53:16 AM
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Oh CJ, So sorry about your beautiful tree. The power line guys in Minneapolis and St. Paul do the same thing. We can't do anything about it but cry. All our boulevard trees are ash and we now have the ash borer here so they are cutting them all down. They got to 60 feet and were beautiful. Cry again. I truly sympathize.
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Lavender Rose
True Blue Farmgirl
1979 Posts
Brenda
Jackson
MI
USA
1979 Posts |
Posted - Mar 30 2015 : 10:55:09 AM
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Oh how heart breaking for you. So sorry!
Farm Girl Hugs,
Brenda
#6218
Each day we add to our legacy-good or bad. Our Daily Bread |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
Posted - Mar 30 2015 : 11:37:17 AM
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Just a few minutes ago I saw their truck go up the road. Told my hubby I wanted to go catch up to them and RATTLE THEIR CAGE, BOX THEIR EARS and GIVE THEM A PIECE OF MY MIND! However, I don't have the energy for it and it won't actually help the situation. We are not out to get anyone . . . we'll probably just work on shaping it.
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons
living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
Edited by - ceejay48 on Mar 30 2015 11:42:05 AM |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
Posted - Mar 30 2015 : 11:41:04 AM
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I know it's "just a tree" . . . but it survived our horrible fire in July 1994. It was only about 2 feet tall and was burned badly. We left it until the next spring, my hubby trimmed off the burned branches and it grew into something spectacular! We lost our house, everything in it and all the trees that grew naturally around it in that fire. So, it's been a challenge to get some trees growing on our place. This tree was the only one that survived and we didn't think it would make it.
We do have other trees that we've planted but they were after the fire.
Anyway, thanks for listening and understanding!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons
living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
Edited by - ceejay48 on Mar 30 2015 11:41:34 AM |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2015 : 2:16:46 PM
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Awwww... CJ!!!! You should find THEM and take a little off THEIR tops!!! Maybe you'll be okay with some shaping. I'm sorry they did this to her - she's such a beauty, and SUCH a special lady! Hugs - Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2015 : 9:49:56 PM
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Oh, noooo CJ! Powerline tree trimmers are the absolute worst of all forms of terrible tree hackers in my book. Sometimes I think they get paid by the amount of wood chips they dump out of their truck at the end of the day. They just don't have any sensitivity or common sense at all. I'm so sorry about your tree. She has such a wonderful story of survival.....but will surely survive this most recent topping too. Just an idea for moving on....could you put up a sign on or near the tree saying "owner will maintain" and maybe even an explanation of her significance so they don't do it again?
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
http://blueskyanddaisies.blogspot.com
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Across the Fence: I just wanna cry . . :( I AM CRYING!!! |
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I just wanna cry . . :( I AM CRYING!!!
