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[RC] Nature at it's finest! - D'Arcy Demianoff-ThompsonWell, anyone that lives in the Northern CA area where the oaks are old and the scrub oaks are even older knows how problematic they can be. Even more problematic when the trees are in a paddock with a horse. And then there is the horse!
Rumor Has It, my wonderful 23rd old, grey, stallion, is a magnificent creature, standing at 16 hands, with a chest wall that would make anyone fear for their life if it was coming at them at 35 mph, can be reduced to a cry baby! I didn't think it was possible until today! I look out the kitchen, window up to his paddock, and he is pacing and screaming, doing the 'ARAB HEAD THING' towards the house! I go outside, and start walking to his paddock, and there it is. An oak tree, in his paddock, broke from the 'bottom' at the ground, over his fence, onto the 3 stall barn (nothing looks damaged yet). The tree split the corner post, pulled the non-climb wire apart, exposing a 10 inch nail that was holding the cross beam in between the corner post and the next post ( I hate the way th eprevious owner's did this). The fencing stretched and split 3/4 of the way down. He could have walked right out of his paddock and headed for the back pasture (where the mares ae) Instead he was crying and screaming at me to FIX IT! LOL!
I looked at him and asked him what happened? He look sat me, stares me in the eye, as if to say, "what the hell do you think happened. The tree is trying to KILL ME!" He turns, walks away, disgusted, stands by the gate the opens to the next paddock. I went into the next paddock, closing the gate but not latching it, to make sure the stall door is closed on the instead of the barn. It wasn't so I went in to close it as Rumor 'bolts' through the gate, spins, and turns, facing off the Killer Tree!"
I surveyed the damage, called the tree guy, and we are waiting. In the meantime he is "ignoring" the rather large (30+ foot tree laying down across his other paddock and resting on the top of the 3 stall barn!
Now, here is the real kicker. Two weeks ago I tell Keith. "You know I think that tree needs to be cut down in Rumor's paddock. It is leaning and seems to be leaning more. I am not sure it will stay up through a strong wind." Keith (EET Engineer, Software Design Engineer) says, "IT'S FINE...I am NOT going to cut down a perfectly good tree!" ROFLMAO - wait until he gets the pictures a bit later! :) All you 'guys' out there - a little helping hand when the wife, partner, significant other, etc, says - 'maybe' would be nice instead of dismissing her silly notions that are really just an attempt to interrupt your day! Oh, wait a minute, none of you 'guys' do that do you? LOL!
-- D'Arcy L. Demianoff-Thompson cest.mon.virage@xxxxxxxxx
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