Blog of Billy

Just wanted to post the pictures of the downed tree from Ice Storm 2008. (Ice storms can only be associated with January. This one just came early.) The pictures are big, so they're below. Maybe if I have extra after-Christmas time, I'll make some quick thumbnails. Click to expand them, in true Web 1.0 style.

War is over now.

Follow up:

As you can see, the Bradford pear in the front yard had a rough time of it. Two of the three main branches snapped under the weight of the ice and lay on the ground in a V shape that I would find grotesque if trees weren't so clean with their injuries.

Across the street, both giant trees in the neighbor's front yard suffered even worse fates.

Another view of the avalanche of arboreal atrocity.

Luckily, Chris Brodt knew just what to do: whiskey and couch sitting, lest we become too rigid and snap under the stress.

CB's solution worked! My Christmas spirit is intact.