As we wait today for the tree guy to come, I remember the day my mother, The Curmudgeon, and I went looking for a tree to plant here.  We went to three different nurseries.  I was looking for two trees one for here and one for the side garden area.  Mom said she would buy one.

     Finally, in the third place we tried, I found a Sweet Gum I liked, it was about five feet tall.  We walked for a long while when Mom stopped, pointed,  and said, “There it is.  There’s the perfect tree.”  She was right.  It was a big leaved fast growing native shade tree, a six-foot tall, beautifully shaped Tulip Poplar.

     A storm passed through here Saturday night.  Lightning struck her tree.  This beautiful tree that shades the entire side of the house and keeps us cooler in the summer.  I’m hoping the tree guy can save most of the tree.  I know we’ve lost a large part of the top…

     I’ve lost Mom, I don’t want to lose her tree too.