Well, they say bad luck comes in threes...

[ladyiapetus]

Had a fairly huge windstorm earlier today that wound up splitting a maple tree in our front yard practically in half. Nothing was damaged except the tree, thank goodness; if it had been any bigger or any closer to the house, it probably would have ended up taking off the porch and/or my car.


Here's a full shot of the damage:



And here's how close it got to my car:



Here's a close-up of the split in the trunk:


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It's been only five days since Toto died. Is it wrong that I want another cat so soon, even though we still have Sassy? Don't get me wrong, I love her to death too. But she's been strictly an upstairs cat ever since we got the dog, and it's so...empty downstairs without a cat lounging around.

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[akino-ame.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's really lucky. You might wind up losing the tree, though. The half that's left doesn't look like it'll stand up to much.

I can't say for certain, but maybe finding a way to fill the void would be good. Part of the healing process.

[ladyiapetus]

Yeah. Mom called a tree removal service yesterday about taking out the rest of it; they're probably going to be here today. She's pretty bummed, though. We'd gotten that tree as a sapling from my great-grandfather's farm, started it out at our old house and then transplanted it to the front yard when we moved into our new house.

Maybe. Mom's saying she doesn't know if she wants another cat (of course, we said that after we'd put Ginger to sleep and before we got Maddie), and she definitely doesn't want another kitten.