{"id":3575,"date":"2014-10-19T19:32:45","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T19:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=3575"},"modified":"2014-10-19T19:57:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T19:57:46","slug":"requiem-for-a-maple-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=3575","title":{"rendered":"Requiem for a Maple Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we first moved to this house, there were several large, leafy trees in our yard. \u00a0A huge old elm tree was in the front yard where our younger son built a tree house. \u00a0There was another medium size maple that our daughter liked to climb. \u00a0In the back yard was a big maple tree and a tall tulip poplar. In our side yard was a medium size maple tree. There were also several red bud trees. \u00a0So many that every year I pull up dozens of new red buds. \u00a0 \u00a0Through the thirty-seven years we have lived here, the maple \u00a0has tripled in height and has taken over the whole side yard. \u00a0When I wash dishes, I like to look at that tree where birds nest. \u00a0In the Autumn it is especially beautiful with is bright orange-red leaves.<\/p>\n

Through the years we have had to cut down most of the large trees because of safety or because we wanted a garden and the lawn was too shady. \u00a0This Autumn the old maple in the side yard is going to be cut down. \u00a0I hate to see trees cut down. \u00a0It takes so many years for a tree to get so big and I know with any tree we plant now, I won’t see it grow into its full majesty. \u00a0But this particular tree has become a hazard to our house. \u00a0We have cut it back several times from the house, but now it poses a danger because it is losing branches and David is afraid one good storm and we would have the tree on our house. \u00a0I talked to a tree man this week. \u00a0In two or three weeks they will come \u00a0with their saws and they will cut down the beautiful maple and I will feel sadness in my heart.<\/p>\n

We have always planted two or three trees to replace any tree we have cut down. We try to plant trees that won’t get so big and become a danger to the house. \u00a0I will plant two or three trees in our side yard next Spring. \u00a0I want trees that will be bright and colorful in the Fall. \u00a0I am thinking Japanese Maples because they don’t get too tall and come in many colors. I want trees that I don’t have to rake bushels of leaves every Autumn.<\/p>\n

Maples are so beautiful, but cause a lot of work.<\/p>\n

I am taking lots of pictures because the Maple is especially beautiful this year. \u00a0Maybe it knows this is its last grand showing.<\/p>\n

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I think that I shall never see<\/p>\n

A poem lovely as a tree.<\/p>\n

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest<\/p>\n

Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;<\/p>\n

A tree that looks at God all day,<\/p>\n

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;<\/p>\n

A tree that may in Summer wear<\/p>\n

A nest of robins in her hair.<\/p>\n

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;<\/p>\n

Who intimately lives with rain.<\/p>\n

Poems are made by fools like me,<\/p>\n

But only God can make a tree.<\/p>\n

Joyce Kilmer(1914)<\/p>\n

Here is what meets me every time I go outside.<\/p>\n

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Oh, the excitement when anyone comes out to feed them, play with them or walk them. \u00a0I don’t walk Bonnie anymore as she can’t go very far and besides, I can’t get her past the cars because she loves car rides.<\/p>\n

If they aren’t peeking in the back door they are doing this…<\/p>\n

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Total relaxation. \u00a0Molly is getting big. \u00a0She gained ten pounds in the last month. \u00a0She will weigh eighty to one hundred pounds when she is grown. \u00a0She is learning to walk well with me although we are still working on the nipping at the heels.<\/p>\n

Hope you are enjoying this beautiful Autumn weather and all the beautiful trees. \u00a0Bye.<\/p>\n

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When we first moved to this house, there were several large, leafy trees in our yard. \u00a0A huge old elm tree was in the front yard where our younger son built a tree house. \u00a0There was another medium size maple that our daughter liked to climb. \u00a0In the back yard was a big maple tree […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,13,8,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-memories","category-gardening","category-pets-i-love","category-things-on-my-mind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3575"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3610,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575\/revisions\/3610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}