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A Tale Of Two Poplars

hughe — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:08:19 +0000

Last November I wrote about what I described as “the loss of an old friend”. There used to be two magnificent poplar trees in a garden near to the back of my house, but last November one was blown down in a storm. It was the smaller of the two that fell and I hoped that we would be able to keep the second tree. Unfortunately an inspection revealed that the remaining poplar was no longer safe and so had to come down too. Because of the proximity of several houses it was not possible to fell the tree in one go. Instead one man and a chainsaw nibbled away until it had been reduced to half its original height before the remaining trunk was brought down. It was a fascinating operation to watch, but a great pity that two such fine trees have been lost.

Yesterday I Lost An Old Friend

Yesterday I Lost An Old Friend

hughe — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:37:15 +0000

The Original Two Poplars

The one remaining poplar

As long as we have lived in this house my wife and I have always admired two tall poplar trees in a neighboring garden. Watching the leaves appear each spring – my wife insists that April 20 is the date when they are fully in leaf, and then gradually losing them in the fall so now the branches are bare again. But alas stormy weather has caused more than the leaves to fall. Yesterday the weather was particularly wet and windy, and when I looked out of the window at lunchtime I noticed that one of the trees had disappeared. Here are before and after pictures. Now we are just hoping the the remaining poplar will survive as it has been such a feature of our landscape.

A Tale Of Two Poplars