Could You? Would You?

Gratuitous photo of my new favorite zinnia color! Seeds are going to be saved!

I've been thinking about cutting down a tree.
Not a radical thought by any stretch of the imagination!
But for me~~a tough one.
My thoughts go something like this!
"It's a tree~~a gift of nature, it provides home and shelter for critters.
How can I cut down their home!"
and quickly move onto...
"This is permanent; once done,
there's no going back! It's expensive! Are you sure?"

Let's take a look ~~

Here's a favorite view ....
it's a zoomed shot from the porch steps.
(I love sitting on the porch and looking out over the Susans' Kingdom!)
It's the view my brain composes.
When I look out into the garden,
my brain erases buckets, hoses or empty pots.
I don't see them
until I look at the shots on the computer!

Let's move the camera just a little to the left~~You'll see what is actually in the shot! There he is!
Celtis occidentalis, the Hackberry; a native tree.
The birds love the tiny little fruits.
The hundreds, if not thousands,
of seedlings that germinate all over the place are certainly proof!

The long shot!

It's been limbed up so that folks can walk on the path
and to allow more light into the garden~
But, that just makes it look more like a utility pole!
We have several across the front of the property!
You can see it's twin in the photo.

Here's the front view!
It is so the same color as all the rest of the utility poles!
I have to do something about the Cup Plant!
By the way...see the hose? Never noticed it!Hackberries are really lovely trees~~
straight and tall, with a wide, spreading canopy.
Ah...there's the rub! That spreading canopy is shading the sunny Susans bed more and more!
Lately they've been practically lying down in search of the autumn sun!

Could you? Would you? Should I take down that tree? gail

PS Just for Fun! Here's what several neighbors have done to trees in their yards!

This is actually two carved trees; right around the corner from our house. The story is that the song writer's (for a famous southern rock band) guitar was stolen and when it was returned, he was so grateful that this sculpture was commissioned! The clue to the band is in the sculpture!

This next one is fantastic!

It must have been a wonderful tree~~much like the one nearby.

It's in the backyard of a grand house.
The country club opens it's golf course to neighborhood walkers every Monday~~and there is was!

It's really quite nice....
while I was looking at it,
several blackbirds flew in and out of a hole in the 'tree'.

I couldn't resist showing you this marvelous piece from the same yard!

Have a delicious weekend. g