And Then There Was One-Half
May. 11th, 2016 08:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowShortly after I bought this house, I bought some ornamental pear trees for decoration: one near the driveway, one near the corner, and one around on the other side. At $48 a pop, they seemed pretty cheap to me.
Ten years ago, an ice storm hit the area and broke one of the trees in half. The city towed away the fallen section, and what remains has more or less thrived.
Three years ago, the city decided to put a stop sign at the corner, and the corner tree, being in the way, was cut down and hauled away.
Today, without notification or explanation, the city put an end to the tree near the driveway.
Battered and torn, what remains of the third tree... remains.
$144 for twelve plus nineteen plus twenty-two years of very pretty trees... seems a fair price.
Ten years ago, an ice storm hit the area and broke one of the trees in half. The city towed away the fallen section, and what remains has more or less thrived.
Three years ago, the city decided to put a stop sign at the corner, and the corner tree, being in the way, was cut down and hauled away.
Today, without notification or explanation, the city put an end to the tree near the driveway.
Battered and torn, what remains of the third tree... remains.
$144 for twelve plus nineteen plus twenty-two years of very pretty trees... seems a fair price.
