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we've had a couple of very heavy snowfalls in the last couple of weeks. many of the trees on our property are bowed down with the weight of the snow. some of our neighbors' trees have fallen over. and now, now one of our venerable evergreens looks like it's on the verge of pushing up daisies, if daisies could indeed be pushed through three feet of snow.

yesterday as i was talking on the phone, i stood at the dining room window and looked out. what i saw made me hang up the phone and yodel, "paul! you gotta come see this."

one of the large pine trees on the far side of the driveway appeared to be leaning way over. here is what it looked like this morning from the front steps:

here is what it looked like three hours later from the same spot:

if you'd like to gain a true appreciation of how far it's fallen in a few short hours, check out this composite. the yellow line is perfectly vertical. the green line shows the angle of the trunk this morning, while the red one shows where the trunk is now. i made one of the photos transparent so that you can see the tree's former position as well as its current one.

not good.

i called the tree man this morning and asked him to come look at it (read: get rid of it) any day this week. in a rare display of good planning, i parked the car way up the driveway this afternoon — in case the tree falls during the night, i want to be able to get to the airport on time tomorrow morning.