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Idiots Come in Swarms pt 2
(I'm feeling sick)
Okay! Here is where I get to the "Swarm" part. The neighbor next to "The Beverly Hillbillies" I like to call "The Gardners". They are an older couple that work a lot in their yard, hence the name. Their house sits up the hill and they have stairs down to a deck and more stairs down to a gazebo in the yard. In the summer, a creeping vine covers the gazebo with beautiful purple flowers.
Roses climb on trellises over the fence gates, etc. The crowning beauty of the yard is the weeping willow tree in the corner. The picture above captures the corner of their yard with the willow tree. I have immensely enjoyed this tree since I moved here. We have some hot summers, but most summers are mild enough to be able to spend a lot of time on my deck. I have a tree next to my deck that shades the deck for most of the day, and the view of the willow tree and park is very nice(considering I'm in the city). The Hillbillies next to them have a oak tree that must be over 100 feet tall. It's by far the biggest tree in the neighborhood and very beautiful. Trees in Nebraska have to be appreciated, since they are all planted. I come from Mississippi where pines and hardwoods cover most of the state, except for the delta. Pastures are painstakingly cleared or there would be no pastures. Nebraska is the exact opposite, and while the picture above shows trees, it's nothing compared to what I'm used to. So why am I rambling about trees? I came home on Thursday and walked out on my deck to find "The Idiot Gardners" (their new name) standing next to a hugh pile of sawdust that used to be that willow tree! I was sick, and still am. Everytime I look outside I want to punch that guy! I woke up a 8 am on Friday morning to a noise that I was sure was the sound of the end of the world. The Hillbillies had so much fun watching the willow tree die that they had decided to have a go at their oak tree! In less than 2 hours they systematically cut pieces out of the tree and fed it to a chipper, and a truck hauled the dust off to the dump. What took 100 years to grow only took 2 hours to remove all traces of. I can't imagine what these two idiots were thinking! I'm sick and disgusted. I think the Hillbillies were just pissed off that they couldn't get the oak to lean to the left by 30 degrees, in harmony with everything else in their yard!
I may have exaggerated the angles but as you can see..........
No more tree! If you look closely there is a portion of the sawdust they kept for flower beds where the tree lived. If the old man comes up missing, I think it only fitting that they find his wrinkley ass under it.
The tree by my deck is very nervous but I have assured her that they'll have to throw me in the chipper first before that happens to her!
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