Here are a few photos from my dad's house from today. He lost about fifty oaks in the big snowstorm that we had two weeks ago. It is really sad to see them all down on the ground.
These big trees just can't handle that much snow all at once.
This one would have smashed their house if it had fallen in a different direction. You can see their roof behind the tree...a little too close. Their neighbor did have their really beautiful old oak split into six pieces and it crashed through their bedroom roof. No one was hurt but it has left them devastated to lose their very old majestic oak tree.
Amid all this destruction, I found this pine sprouting in an older oak stump. Life really does cycle around and although it is sad to see the oaks down, it has cleaned out a lot of dead wood and eventually the woods will be more fire safe. For now, we have a huge clean-up job waiting for us.
Anyone need any oak firewood?
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
