Harris and I held our commitment ceremony at SEEDS on March 22, 2008. It was the anniversary of our first date.
In the run up to have the house have walls and running water - we broke a sink pipe as Harris's mom arrived to help - we also took a look at the front yard. It was ugly and barren. We went to home depot and purchased some annuals, two pots, and two peach trees. We flanked the stairs to the porch with these to add beauty as we walked in to what would be our home.
Each summer there after I took pictured of our little girl - our anniversary baby- under the branches of those peach trees. When we sold Der Krackenhaus and moved to The Bunny Manse, I said a very sad goodbye to the peach trees, thinking of Anne of Green Gables saying goodbye to the white lady under her bedroom window. Thinking of the fruit and love we shared. Thinking of the damn squirrels who stole the fruit running across the porch roof.
Those damn squirrels. The very kind and thoughtful people who bought the house emailed us yesterday saying they knew the trees were special to us but they were going to have to cut them down because the squirrels were now liberally running through their house and eating clothes, shoes, etc. Did we want the trees? They loved them too but they were too close to the porch and created a perfect elevator for the squirrels.
Yes. Indeed we did want the trees.
I emailed Sheldon, my neighbor of a decade who owns Garden Environments, to see if there was anything that could be done. In summer. with fruit starting. to save these trees. Ideally such a change would happen in fall, but if it had to be done and they were dead anyway, then ok. Soak them overnight and they would get them in the morning.
Bill came over last night and dug two holes in full sun where they could go. In the process he found an old chimney so moved the hole over a little bit.
This morning I received these images from Harris while I was at work and tears welled up. Our peach trees are home. Sheldon and his guys were able to get them out of the ground and in the ground here in record time. We're going to keep them cool and hydrated over the summer and see what happens. It feels so right to have them in the yard.
In the run up to have the house have walls and running water - we broke a sink pipe as Harris's mom arrived to help - we also took a look at the front yard. It was ugly and barren. We went to home depot and purchased some annuals, two pots, and two peach trees. We flanked the stairs to the porch with these to add beauty as we walked in to what would be our home.
Each summer there after I took pictured of our little girl - our anniversary baby- under the branches of those peach trees. When we sold Der Krackenhaus and moved to The Bunny Manse, I said a very sad goodbye to the peach trees, thinking of Anne of Green Gables saying goodbye to the white lady under her bedroom window. Thinking of the fruit and love we shared. Thinking of the damn squirrels who stole the fruit running across the porch roof.
Those damn squirrels. The very kind and thoughtful people who bought the house emailed us yesterday saying they knew the trees were special to us but they were going to have to cut them down because the squirrels were now liberally running through their house and eating clothes, shoes, etc. Did we want the trees? They loved them too but they were too close to the porch and created a perfect elevator for the squirrels.
Yes. Indeed we did want the trees.
I emailed Sheldon, my neighbor of a decade who owns Garden Environments, to see if there was anything that could be done. In summer. with fruit starting. to save these trees. Ideally such a change would happen in fall, but if it had to be done and they were dead anyway, then ok. Soak them overnight and they would get them in the morning.
Bill came over last night and dug two holes in full sun where they could go. In the process he found an old chimney so moved the hole over a little bit.
This morning I received these images from Harris while I was at work and tears welled up. Our peach trees are home. Sheldon and his guys were able to get them out of the ground and in the ground here in record time. We're going to keep them cool and hydrated over the summer and see what happens. It feels so right to have them in the yard.
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