Crackle Crackle Thump! Ashes to Ashes!

One of the greatest things about yesterday's weather. Getting outside! One of the sad things -- the crackle, crackle, thump of another ash tree going down. Our "woods" on our property--the beautiful view from our sun room-- is (was) made up of ash trees and scotch pine. This spring Tom has "timbered" at least 5 big ash and some scotch pine. (Darn those emerald ash borers!) Scotch pine in our area are also diseased. The good news--Tom is getting lots of exercise, lots of stumps to sit on, and the volunteer maples we've nursed along in our garden are growing quite quickly. The life cycle goes on!