Tree Numero Uno didn’t agree to my offer to let it go down without a fight. The trunk broke but the uppidy part refused to answer the demands of modern physics.
I’m not the sort of man to sit still for anything defying science and gravity.
I got my digging bar and proceeded to put forward reasoned arguments as to why that tree needed to obey the law.
The top part of the trunk moved over on the stump every time I applied pressure to the bar.
I cut the trunk at an angle so the trunk couldn’t slip back this way when it fell and get in the way of the path I was leaving to get the cut wood out. But now, by cunning Communist refusal to do what’s right there are several tons of potential energy trapped in the upper trunk. If I use the bar to pry it further this way that upper trunk’s going to snap out of there like a catapult and knock the bejesus out of everything downrange.
But if I leave it standing it’s going to pick its own time to come down. And it’s already demonstrated a lousy set of values and ideals enough create a suspicion I’ll be under it when it does.
Maybe I was actually supposed to go to Kerrville today.
Old Jules
4:04 PM edit: I got it down, but with more style and panache than I consider tasteful under the circumstances. No broken bones, no serious injuries, nothing destroyed I can’t live without. On the other hand, there’s still a lot more tree left propped up on dead branches 10-15 feet in the air, so there might be another dance left in the old dame yet. Jules
So Far From Heaven 
I’m a tree person. Really. I hate to see them go, but sometimes they need to. I also like talking to them, or about them, like they actually have a mind and own volition. I smiled reading this. I enjoyed the photo story. Bravo.
Morning annegreye: Thanks for stopping by. Jules
Maybe the Toyota was laughing too…..
eremophila: I’m guessing it was. Gracias, Jules
Hey Old Jules, I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award! Your blog has inspired me, and I look forward to reading more. Visit http://millieho.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/the-versatile-blogger-award/ for details.
timeculprit: Thank you. Jules
That is some tree!
Lil’ Suburban Homestead: As dead trees go, I don’t think it’s all that intelligent. Mostly just bluster. Gracias, Jules
Sounds like you had a treerific day! 🙂 Heheheh
fourbluehills: I did indeed. Thanks for the visit. Jules
You made me laugh. Glad to see a fellow blogger having so much fun.
Notes Along the Path: I appreciate your visit. Where I am in life it’s all fun compared to not being alive, which mightn’t be. Gracias, Jules