A sad day in June

There’s this huge Elm tree in our neighbor’s yard. It’s about 25-30 years old and rests against our fence---offering wonderful, cool shade from early June through the fall when the leaves begin to fall. Our swing set/play fort, etc. is just a few feet from the fence that divides our yards and so we’ve enjoyed year after year of our “neighbor’s shade.” The tree is huge and so much a part of our yard that we’ve almost felt the tree was ours. But on June 30, we lost our tree. Our neighbors cut down “our” tree. Yes, it was a very sad day at our house. We snapped pictures of the workmen as they fulfilled their duty. We are sad. No more shade. I guess we’ll have to plant our own tree. But by time it’s big enough to shade the swings for our grandchildren, they will be all grown up. Sigh.

Wonderful shade given to us by our neighbor's tree -- the "before" pictures:

The work begins and the tree comes down.

Our neighbor's tree is totally gone as shown in this picture. We are sad. ):