Do You Love Trees?
A Leafy Green Backyard?
A Haven for Nature?
I DO, Some People Don’t!
This week our paradise has gone from this………
………To THIS!
My friend Carole has a post “Does Your Home Pass the Stress Test? that has spurred me on to finish this post I started on Paradise lost yesterday.
Our home has not passed the stress test this week.
Our once leafy garden home to native birds and water dragons. An absolute joy to look out on from the computer, where I work, was butchered.
The trees we were told were to be trimmed. As you can see from this picture, trimmed became totally desecration. Yes I am wondering what we did to attract this?
No we don’t own the place, although the owners were astounded when I sent them the pictures.
They thought the trees were being pruned by a real tree doctor not a chain saw gang! Communication breakdown here. Also a real tree doctor would have mulched the cuttings and recycled the timber. Not so, straight into a truck and no doubt into landfill.
The years it took for this backyard to become a haven, were gone within minutes. Someone commented , yes it was stark and the trees would grow. The way they were cut they will only put out shoots, not branches.
It has taken me 2 days to get over the shock of losing the main aspect of what we loved about our environment. As you can imagine it hasn’t done a lot for neighborly relations either.
It has made me realise how important it is to me to I feel right about where I live. At the weekend we had done a clarity through contrast exercise about what we want in a home. Privacy and security were on the list, they have now gone!
One thing we do now is that we like trees, birds and the feeling of being close to nature. it is so good for the soul.
Well it was not so good for keeping my high vibes.
Maybe we have attracted a move sooner than we had planned?
That is so sad Suzie! My yard is my haven also. One of my joys is the smell
of fresh cut grass. After I take care of my yard I sit and admire the wonder of the
universe and become overwhelmed by the beauty I helped create. My daughter
helped me yesterday and I just don’t have that “take my breath away” feeling
when I look at it. Maybe part of my joy is the part I contribute to
beauty and creation.
I don’t even have any words for you right now.
I will give this some thought and if I think of any helpful solutions, I will stop back by. Have a great day – think happy!
thanks Jane,
what was special for me was looking out on greenery not bricks and the starkness that has been created
Oh Suzie, how awful… your lovely tranquil oasis trampled by in insenstive person armed with a chainsaw. You can almost hear your poor trees squawking their outrage. Yes, they will grow again and perhaps as your homage to the earth, you might consider planting some new trees to join the desecrated ones. Nothing like vigorous new growth to spur saddened trees on to new energy.
As for your potential attraction of the chainsaw massacre, it could genuinely be the universe hinting that it is time to find your own space, so such a thing does not happen to you again. Your unit is lovely but it may be time for you to seek your own space, place and trees to care for. While your mind and horizons have expanded, particularly over the past year, perhaps it is time to find a place and space that are in sync with that.
In the meantime, I will plant a tree over my way, in honour of the garden that once was, truly a ‘paradise lost’…
Nancy
So true Nancy,
Your wisdom reigns!
Think the universe has sent the message
And I just loved the image of you fronting the local council
Suzie
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It is time for Suzie and D to claim their own, I think.
Claim the Esteem
the Success
the Life
and the Place.
It is all yours, Suzie – all you have to do is say “Thank you – it’s just what we ordered!”
I highly doubt that you had anything to do with this breach.
To me, the question is: What did the owners do, while giving instructions for this project, to attract this dramatic change?
Take comfort in knowing that you’ll soon calm down from this circumstance and find your center again. The attraction still surrounds you.
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I would be so upset by this too! I am an avid gardener and work diligently to make my outdoor surrounds an oasis of tranquility and a place to reconnect. It will grow again, though of course it will be different, into a new paradise.
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That is just terrible! I can’t believe the person that cut it all down used such poor judgement! I know how you feel about being close to nature. One of the gifts of having a great backyard is the wildlife that it attracts. Hey, it’ll all come back in time. Hang in there!
i think that people are far too liberal about “pruning” or “cutting back” trees. my parents had a beautiful backyard filled with tall elm trees that the city forced them to cut down for “their own safety”. the city feared that they were diseased and would fall on their house. now, them warning my parents i understand; this is information that they should be aware of. however, REQUIRING them to cut them down seemed unfair, and my parents place has never been the same.