Some went missing…

This morning they took down several trees around the houses where we live. Now the view is like this:

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A missing tree. Olympus E-PL5 with Panasonic Lumix 14mm/2.5 lens.

And it used to be like this:

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An old friend. Olympus E-PL1 with Panasonic Lumix 20mm/1.7 lens.

It had to be. That tree was indeed old and bent over, and one of the next storms would probably have brought it down anyway. Plus – and that’s more important – it happened on demand of the fire fighters. That tree was blocking access to the house for their rescue ladder trucks, so it was a bit of a silly idea to plant a tree right there in the first place.

Still I miss it. The place and the sky simply look naked without it. It gave us a nice and cool shadow during the summers, and it was home and shelter for some doves’ nests as well.

Well – nothing is eternal, right? Still I feel a bit like Dogmatix (Idefix in German) whenever Obelix rips out one of those trees…

Thanks for reading.