a story of two trees

We had an old tree felled this week: a 30 feet tall conifer in our front garden looking sad with brown patches.

The idea soon germinated to plant a new tree in the space it left: a double pink flowering hawthorn in memory of our daughter, Clare.

The tree is in the garage, (just fits in - unexpectedly 10 feet tall!) delivered yesterday evening and Ray will plant it this morning. Its blossom is described as being 'rose-like' and the tree 'popular with wildlife'.

Hopefully, next May, it will give a fine display of colour....

https://flic.kr/p/2pdqLHG

[Diana]

amazing captures. What a great idea, looking forward to seeing it in Spring.

[william wooderson]

I hope they got all the roots out? I had similar job done and was told the roots can poison anything else you put there!

[Hazel]

@will_wooderson

At first your comment was a bit worrying but now Ray is looking at exactly where he will plant the tree, thank you!

[Brian]

Great collage

[Carole Sandford]

Great shots of a man at work!

[Casablanca]

What a lovely idea ❤️ Like the action shots!

[Julie Duncan]

Great action shots - tree guys are amazing. The hawthorn will be a lovely tribute to your daughter.

[Pat Knowles]

Excellent decision & soon activated on.

[Tunia McClure]

Happy and sad all mixed together in your narrative.

[Hazel]

@tunia

Yes, I guess that's how it is. I do feel somehow this helps me - hard to explain.

[Ian George]

A lovely way to replace this tree.

[Pyrrhula]

Great shots of the worker and sorry tree.

[Shutterbug]

Sounds like a very good idea. I like to replace a tree with a tree, rather than just remove it. Nice that your tree will have a special purpose.

[wendy frost]

A lovely choice especially for Clare.