I suppose it's one way to weed out the weaker ones so the stronger ones have more room to grow, but still...

trees hold a special place for me and I feel like it is my job to be caretaker (never felt like I 'owned' trees even though I sometimes say 'my trees')... yes, nature has her own ways

I leave and you get first snow, and now the storm. I'm thinking of coming back to see if I can stabilize the weather.

It must be breaking your heart, unless the ones that fell are clearing the area you wanted to clear out anyway.
Sad! So sad to see.

I believe the 'weather' is due to be crazy everywhere from now on... can't say the ones that fell were ones I wanted to clear.

I am starting to dabble in wood and my first project is a cedar coat rack... none of the cedars fell ...though the spruce stump (photo) gave up a very large tree with lots of large knots that I have been wanting to experiment with (wood bowls)

to man those chain saws

Still...the tree with the bark peeling off is rather neat.

perusing my little estate... approx. 30 trees down (big and little).... lots of wood to play with now; just have to find the time

the spruce (stump w/bark peeling) was one of my favorites... about 80 feet tall w/lots of interesting knots

I am sorry about the loss of the spruce.