They trimmed it but they didn’t say goodbye.
Every time I pass this building I wonder. Months after our town was struck by a series of storms that resulted in historic flooding and the incalculable loss of heritage trees, long after clean-up was finished, this one remains.
Last winter Sacramento endured major back to back storms that took down enormous trees, changed the look of neighborhoods and altered the canopy over William Land Park, a beloved oasis.
Fallen trees blocked streets and had to be cut down to moveable size. Crews worked overtime and the sound of saws continued from early morning until well after dark. In the morning we’d turn a corner and see another stack of giant tree limbs and slices of tree trunks awaiting pickup. This work went on for weeks. The crews did a remarkable job of paring down the broken giants and every day through the clearing process, we were heartbroken.
Six months after the last storm and the tree at #6050 is still there. I wonder, is the owner of the building, 1) Making an artistic statement, 2) Procrastinating 3)Demonstrating one possible answer to the question, what do you do when Mother Nature sends you a big bunch of lemons?
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