A Farewell
It’s not a particularly happy day here for me. I have to say goodbye to an old friend. I planted this tree when I was just a kid, it was barely 6 ft tall, a mere sapling, barely more than an inch thick. The tree cutters came out today to take it off of the house and I’m really going to miss it.
I missed watching it grow for many years when I moved away but I’ve gotten so used to enjoying it’s wide reaching branches, always full of life and the many hours of comfortable shade that it has brought to the yard for the past several seasons since my return to this city. It dominated the scenery behind the house, the branches just outside the upstairs bedroom windows were a comfort to me on many ocassions. I also enjoyed many hours of sitting out back, watching the squirrels and birds playing in it’s all encompassing reach. Watching the guys carve it up and haul it away is a lot more disturbing than I had expected. How do you say goodbye to a tree?
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You must plant a new tree in its place. Seeing another tree take its place in the ecology of the area will make you feel somewhat better.
I LOVE trees, especially big ones… I know I’d be sad if they had to chop down one of mine, so I know how you must feel.
Sorry to hear about your tree honey. It’s amazing how things like that become an part of our life, and represent memories we have made. *hugs*
Sweet one, So sorry to know one of your friends left you today but just remember all the special memories and all the secrets you shared with this one. This was a very important part of your life and one that can never be taken away from you even though your friend has been you still have the special memories.
Special thoughts and love are sent to you.
Plant a new one Seven. And may it bring you joy.
Maybe you can do something cool with the wood?
Holy shit, how freaking old are you that you planted a tree that got THAT BIG??
Love ya babe. *smooches*
One thing I’ve learned through my little hurricane experience is how much we don’t appreciate the little everyday things…like a tree.
I agree with Serra. Grab what you can and build something that can be handed down from generation to generation. If you have an old photograph of the tree in the early years, you can make a frame for it out of the tree with an inscription of the history of the tree.
It is a great loss no doubt.
I agree with Serra’s idea of doing something special with the wood. That way you will have a tangible something will always remind you of that lovely, old tree.
Big Hug Sweet Se7en!
I know exactly how you feel. When I was little there was this awesome horse chestnut tree in our front yard. Well the roots were disturbing the sewer system so the tree had to go. I cried for days and days, I wouldn’t speak to my grandpa for weeks after. I remember sitting in the branches after it fell and hugging them and just crying inconsolabley. Go out in your yard and take up a piece that catches your attention and treasure it forever. I still have a chestnut from that tree . Not only is it a momento of the tree but also of the time.(((((hugs)))) and farwell to your cherished friend.
Ohh no! I have no easy answer to that question - but I can relate. Misery loves company. Miss you! I would plant a new tree somewhere else if you can. My dogs would love to “christen” it…
Take the wood, carve up a nice momento to keep in your room (hell, make a new computer table!) and then plant a memorial around the base/roots if there are any left… A new tree and a ton of flowers would be pretty…
hmmm, just how handy ARE ya with woodcarving tools? I’m thinkin perhaps a dildo.. you know?
for that gift that keeps on giving..
I’m sorry about the tree, being tied to so many good memories. I don’t know how you say goodbye, but perhaps you can keep a couple of pieces of the wood and have something made out of it?? That way not all is lost.
*HUGS*
That is truly sad. Did you keep a piece of it? I always think a mental picture is much better than the real thing sometimes.
*hugs* Another one who’s agreeing with Serra. Get as much of that wood as you can, and make something out of it to have a piece of it with you. It’s amazing the impact something as simple as a tree has on you, especially when it can’t be there anymore.
Much love to you, Sev.
if you;’re not a dab hand at carving, jsut ask them to slice off a slice polish it up and use it as a table mat.
The new tree will take to you right away, Se7en. I just know it will.
If you can find any leftover acorns, you can grow you a daughter tree in a pot and then transplant it once it gets to a decent size. Maybe plant it further away from the house this time!
ok, yesterday’s comment was sposed to be irreverent and amusing, lighten the mood a bit.
unfortunately, it seems to have gone over like a lead balloon. ya ok pal? sorry if i stepped on a somber mood there, see ya!
I grew up with a weeping willow out back when I was kid. That was my tree! Used to swing on it. It was HUGE. Thats the one tree I cannot live without.
Good thing about trees. You can plant new ones. Not the same I know, but a chance of rebirth. We all need to grow new stronger roots sometimes sev. Never too late, love.
All new beginnings are rough, but water deeply and feed your dreams and watch yourself grow stronger, your roots grow as deep as ever.
And never forget the memories.
They are priceless.
{{{seven}}}
Seven,
That is so sad. I have 2 trees out in my back yard that I baby and pamper just to get them to grow. I would miss them if they were gone. I feel your pain! diffenently plant a new one!
sorry about your tree… I agree with the others, plant a new one in its place as a memorial of sorts.
We have a huge spruce in our front yard that we grew from a little baby; it was at our previous house for years, and we couldn’t bear to leave it behind when we moved to this house, so we payed $500 to transplant it. That was almost four years ago, and it’s still growing strong in our front yard. I’m sooo glad that we did that!
So I know exactly where you’re coming from being attached to your tree…
Sorry about your tree. Plant a new one and watch it grow. It will make you feel better.
I completely agree with some of the others - buoild something with the wood! Oh and off topic - I was reading some of your other blogs and came across some of the ones about diving. These are fascinating! But I can only find a story here and there. Do you have a blog just of diving stories?
aw, how sad! I’m sorry you had to let it go, hon. I’d keep a slice of it if I were you, and more of it in your heart. *hugs*
I’m so sorry. I know just how that feels. I went back to NY to visit my childhood home, and the people who had bought it had cut down the tree we used to play in. It felt like someone had smashed my big toe.
A solemn burning of branches, followed by the planting of a new tree. Possibly one made from the branches of the old one.
Hi, I’m back through LongIron’s link
I agree w/the others. Keep a part of the trunk. Plant another tree. Maybe build a birdhouse from the other tree and hang on the new tree when it gets big enough. New life in all forms is good karma. Take care
By tree I will miss thee
You were always around
to play with me
Isnt it amazing how you can become to attached to things and then have them gone in the blink of an eye. No body will understand your pain but you. Take care my friend.
Yuck! I know that feeling. I about died when the people that bought my folks house cut down the oak in the front yard all I could think of was all the time I fell out of it. I was a sad day indeed. My condolences.
I’m wondering the same thing Boo asked.
Maybe I can get a slice of ya and count your rings. 
Okay, on a serious note, I’m sorry you lost your shady spot. The good thing, you still have your memories. No storm of any kind can take those away.
Poinks to you!
Lois Lane
Nice post Se7en
As per the ‘manuella tree`sa weesa 1921′ the procedure to say gooby for a tree older than 10 years (whis is the case of your tree), you have to make 3 clockwise and 2 anticlockwise bare foot rounds around the tree before sunrise and then to select a a clean area 20″ above ground level on the main stem of thee tree, de-skin it well, to expose pure wood and kiss 7 times with respect.
I hope that this answers your question.
Lump in my throat! I feel for you…My thoughts are with you.
You’re just a big ol’e softie aren’t you?
That would have upset me, too. Plant a new one - gotta give that joint-lovin’ squirrel a place to hang out!
with all your fond memories, and sharing them, i think you just said bye nicely.
Sometimes there are no words, tragically.
Seven darlin, hope you are feeling better. Please come visit me at my new digs
Oh, Se7en, that “how do you say goodbye to a tree” got to me. We were hit hard by Tropical Storm Floyd and lost 3 trees one which fell on our home. THe one strated the dominoe effect was over 100 years old. Although it saved bodily harm, seeing all those trees down in our yard is a memory I’ll never forget.
Last summer two more had to come down for different reasons by the insurance company’s orders and our daughters (and me) cried our eyes out. THey talked like you of their “friend.” (Each of them was born in our house.)
They remembered two others they used to play on the roots of, that had to be rmoved b/c of eroding the foundation. Something in us dies when a tree is chopped down. Trees are one of my favorite subjects to draw and paint.(((hugs)))