A Fallen Tree

The other day there was a strong storm with high wind that broke one of the trees in the back of our yard. A large portion of the tree fell on the back porch of the corner neighbor. Luckily it didn’t damage anyone or anything except some plants near the fence. The neighbor was the friendly lawyer who liked gardening. He wasn’t angry and didn’t complaint about the accident. Instead he asked for the name of the tree trimmer that we had him done work before. He even said “ By the way I am sorry about the passing of your wife…”. I told him I would call the man myself for tree removal since I wanted the trees trimmed back, especially along Lena’s house. I knew we wanted to do this for some time.
Mr. Hicky, the tree man, was nice enough to come the next day to clean up the mess in the neighbor’s yard. He finally ended up cut down one sick tree in the back and trimmed quite a bit the rest of the trees. You would probably be happy to see the state of the trees now, especially with a lot sun shining through our backyard.
And tonight it just happened that a bright full moon was hanging beautifully between the trees in the back in the clear blue sky. Looking at the moon, I just saw your beautiful smiling face…

November 3, 2006