CHANGING YOUR MIND
Thinning Trees in Our Back Yard
They asked her to use paint to mark the trees she wanted to remove, and a date was set for them to return to do the work.
When we bought our first home, the back yard was filled with trees. We liked trees, but we also wanted some grass for our kids to play on, so we decided to remove the trees nearest to the house and leave a few farther back for shade and perhaps a treehouse later.
The question, of course, was which trees to keep. I left that to my wife.
She called a tree service, and they soon came to look things over and give an estimate. They asked her to use paint to mark the trees she wanted to remove, and a date was set for them to return to do the work.
A few days later, my wife headed out with a spray can to select the trees to cut down. I did not get involved with this as I had no strong opinions and would have happily left it up to the tree service.
When the appointed day came, we were both at work. I worked for myself and arrived home in the early afternoon. I walked to the back yard and was shocked by what I saw.
