Uninvited intruder
Broke 5 of 12 panes of glass and thoughtfully spread them into 5 different rooms
Hasty patch job at 1 am in the dark
This was about a month ago, power went out around 9 pm, so upstairs we went.
around 11:00 as I was trying to drift off to sleep a Cottonwood shed it's "E" for evil branch into the kitchen sky wall...
First reaction was at least a couple rather bad words. down the stairs with a headlamp I went only to see broken glass everywhere.
More bad words.
2 hours later we had 95% cleaned up and a temporary patch in place.
Scampered to the front of the house every time another big gust came through.
it had calmed down a lot by the time we decided it was patched at least for the moment.
A very good thing neither of us were downstairs when it hit... let alone standing at the sink.
I love almost all trees... I make an exception to a certain Cottonwood that I'm going to battle with, it's in a greenbelt 3' outside my property line.
This community has a "greenbelt management committee" that I've approached before about dropping this thing due to personal and property risks to no avail.
I have additional facts now to convince them the liability has outweighed the fact it's a "healthy" tree.
It's got to go!!!