Is it fitting that a tree is attacking a tree-hugger's house?
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buzzard767
golfaknifeaholic
Kind of poetic justice, I would think.
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Crunch.
Gotcha.
So why build your house under a failing tree????
lifesaver91958
Queen of the Jungle
Fisher's Mom
Mother Superior
I can't tell from the picture, vyapti. Is the tree split or is it just growing that way? I have a huge, ancient Live Oak on my property that has grown in such a way that it looks like it's trying to eat my neighbor's house.
vyapti
New member
It had been growing diagonally, but it fell during a storm this afternoon. Only, instead of falling, it leaned in slow motion toward our roof, then stopped when it came to rest on a huge bough. It's chopped up and gone now. In all the only damage was the fence it fell through.
I love the way an old tree will grow through anything. The two surrounding trees and the fallen one were growing into a symbiotic knot. We have a laurel that was growing over the top of the fallen tree and, now that its support is gone, we have a 20' branch that's sagging pretty badly.
I love the way an old tree will grow through anything. The two surrounding trees and the fallen one were growing into a symbiotic knot. We have a laurel that was growing over the top of the fallen tree and, now that its support is gone, we have a 20' branch that's sagging pretty badly.
Fisher's Mom
Mother Superior
Old trees have such a special beauty. I'm lucky that even though I live downtown in a big city, my neighborhood is old and filled with huge old trees. Several of my trees are as old as my house. I'll try to take a pic of the Live Oak and post it tomorrow. It looks a lot like your "ferocious" tree.
Sass Muffin
Coffee Queen ☕
I used to live in a large house in Defiance, Ohio, on the river.
We had a gorgeous sycamore that finally came crashing down during a storm.
I can tell you I grieved over the loss of that tree, and still think about it.
We had a gorgeous sycamore that finally came crashing down during a storm.
I can tell you I grieved over the loss of that tree, and still think about it.
My next door neighbor's palm tree grew sideways, eventually crossing over onto our property and after a few years grew longer over our roof and the trunk decided to do a 45 degree vertical move. After a few more years of being suspended over our front porch it finally gave way under its own weight and gently landed on our roof. It was a unique sight and not an eye sore during all those years.
I spent the next few days chainsawing the damn thing. I should have billed my neighbor for my time but I didn't.
Let me see if I can find a pic. I know I took a few shots of it several years ago (for insurance purposes).
I spent the next few days chainsawing the damn thing. I should have billed my neighbor for my time but I didn't.
Let me see if I can find a pic. I know I took a few shots of it several years ago (for insurance purposes).
