Ode to Pines

There once were some really tall pine trees. 

Planted by Gramps they grew 

Taller and taller, the house looked much smaller

And next to them, so did you. 

But one day the city decided

To upgrade and work on the road

They dug holes all day and we're sad to say 

The trees couldn't handle the load

Dead needles and branches are ugly

Though they hid the houses' old roof

The house is still here, and will be next year

The pictures here show you the proof!

We loved those old pine trees forever

And ever we thought they would stay

But time marches on, and now they are gone

And someday it will be okay.

This little impromptu poem goes out to all the Crump family relations who have ever enjoyed the old pine trees in front of the old house. They were as tall as the remaining two pines you can see in these pictures. We're sad to see them go. Now it looks like Gigi and Papa are gonna have some work to do on the house! :) Yay hooray.The funniest part of this whole deal was when "Old Man Butterfield" tried to steal the wood from the trees. Mom and Dad requested that the wood be left on their property so they could cut it up for an emergency store, but it just disappeared. Mom tracked it down, though. Apparently "Old Man" (next door neighbor- you know who we mean... this is what the tree guys called him) tried to tell the tree guys that Mom & Dad didn't want the wood and they could put it on his property instead. When Mom found out she put her arm around "Old Man", in front of the tree guys and said, very sweetly, "Are you trying to steal my trees?" hee hee... way to go Mom!