I was awakened this morning, a morning I had hoped to sleep in, but no, loud equipment kept me from being able to do that. As I looked out the window, I saw it was tree-trimming people. I was amazed at how two men were going to take down my neighbors huge sycamore tree. It was a beautiful tree and I had taken many pictures of it during the changes of the seasons. It was easily 100 feet tall and the trunk was close to 10 feet in diameter. Here are pictures of its glory this fall and again last month during the snow.
I watched for a while amazed as two men and a laptop-type device controlled a mighty crane. Little by little it took the tree down. It also saddened me how such a beautiful tree had become diseased and a danger to life around it. A sycamore is a tight and heavy wood and as the trunk sections hit the ground, you could feel the ground shake. So, yes it could cause some damage if a storm were to take her down. But it still made me sad so, I wrote a poem to it. After that, I am posting some of the pictures I took as she came down.
Sycamore No More
The beauty we saw that you once had
Has left us forever and we are sad
The base around your mighty trunk
Started to rot and the ground sunk
We heard them come, early one morn
Removing your limbs, our hearts are torn
But we knew the dangers if we let you stay
Winds could break you, your limbs could sway
Watching in sadness, as they took you from us
You said not a word, you made not a fuss
We felt the ground shake while graceful your limbs fell
No longer raised to God, no longer here to dwell
I am a firm believer that all things created by God at some level only, known only by Him, can communicate with Him. And all of His creation is beautiful. Here are a few pictures of the technology now used to take down a tree.
May we always enjoy the beauty of a tree, with the shade it provides, the colors during the different seasons, and even in its death, it provides lumber for building and kindling to keep us warm.
I close with the reminder to be kind. Even trees share and also need kindness.
For the Love of 