Damage

The force of a storm burst asunder the 100+ year old silver maple at the southeast corner of the Allan Gardens last Wednesday. A quarter of its mass fell on the walkway.

With that, the tree's fate was sealed.

First, the tree got the dread "red spot." 

Then a guy with a wood chipper cut up and rendered the smallest parts of the big branches that fell.

The branches still not fallen were the next to go. Another rough COVID haircut.

Now there's just a stump. Soon that will be gone, too.

In the meantime, an enterprising rat/squirrel/raccoon tried as hard as it could to find the tasty part of the insulation on our air conditioner line.

It never did find it, but you can see the little blighter tried his best.

I gave the insulation two weeks to heal itself. When that didn't work out, I searched online to see if there was a less magical solution. I learned self sealing pipe insulation is a thing, readily available at most hardware stores. 

Voila. 

I feel so handy.

Thanks for reading!

Have a great week!

Karen

Still standing:
the Allan Gardens'
White Sycamore