I must be getting old because the other day Mr. Troutbend cut down a tree in front of the house and I didn't watch it fall or take pictures. It was a nice 50-something douglas fir just outside the living room window. We talked about him cutting it down last year, and I had forgotten. After it was gone, I couldn't decide if it was the right thing to do, but he said it was leaning toward the house, and a lot of the needles ended up in the rain gutters, so he wanted it gone. He said now the little aspen trees in that flower bed will get more sun and grow better, filling in the gap.



We decided to leave the stump tall and use it to hold up our weathervane that has been leaning up against the garage for several years - has it been six years already? Time sure flies. It's in remarkable shape considering that.