What a great Easter Dinner we had at the Snead house yesterday! Debbie & Ben & Katie, we all thank you so much for letting us meet at your beautiful home. Everyone contributed delicious food and drinks and I ate some of each item - yum,yum(burp), although it's a good thing I had all that nourishment because at 6:30 this morning, Danny & I were awakened by a weird cracking, screeching, horrible sound somewhere outside. Sounded like from above, but we couldn't really tell because it was loud and then gone. We looked outside and found that one of our huge, old oak trees had simply fallen over...over Rosalind Avenue! The tree had splintered at a point about 4-5 feet from the ground and the rest of it's 50 ft fell perfectly straight across our street. The branches (about 15ft of the 50) fell into the yards of our two very kind, elderly neighbors. Not sure what to do, we called 911 and the police came quickly and...put up a sign in front of the tree stating "STREET CLOSED." That helped not at all since the cars were 2 feet away from the tree when they were able to read it...here's your sign...
Oh well, after many phone calls to the city, a crew did come out and clear the street, but we are left with lots of huge branches in our yard & our 2 neighbors' yards, and thousands of little branches everywhere! Also, somewhere under a branch across the street, are a mangled wrought iron railing and some crushed shrubs. If anyone has any ideas how to deal with this, please let us know. It's mostly upsetting because, except for us, all our neighbors have nicely landscaped lawns. I suppose we just need to ask them what they want us to replace. $$$$$$$$$hi_!!!!!
I guess now we will be forced to deal with the giant trees that are left and maybe we'll even do some landscaping ourselves! Yeah, that $ound$ nice! In the meantime, Danny & I will be outside with our chainsaw & rake, hoping the neighbors think we're the Asplunde men so they won't ask any questions like "why didn't you have that big ole dead tree cut down before it fell?"
2 comments:
Oh my gosh! How terrible. This brings back memories of when our pine tree fell. Or course it took us 9 months and many, many trips to the dump to clear it up!
I think we should all get together for a couple of hours and pick up sticks like we did when Mom and Dad had the ice storm. Mike and I can bring our truck.
I don't think you have to replace your neighbors stuff. I think it's their responsibility.
We love you and let us know if we can help.
What an awful surprise! But, it sounds like you're making the best of it (new landscaping??).
We so enjoyed seeing everyone on Easter. Having Davis & Mary Fowler was delightful - most holidays are better with little kids!
Hope you are able to enjoy your vacation. Call as soon as you get back! D.
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