The mighty Oak falls

While driving home the other day I witnessed this travesty...a huge, mature - had to be 200+ year-old- Oak was felled in the name of progress. The lot had been cleared of the existing house and, in the "need" to clear the lot for a new house the giant Oak was felled.

The worst part is that the tree was cut up for firewood - and the bole or trunk was sliced up into rounds - more easily manageable for making into cords of wood. Rather than calling a saywer or furniture maker who might have saved this precious resource for something other than the fireplace or wood stove - the thugs with chainsaws chose to do otherwise...

We'll never see another tree like this in our lifetime...if you see this kind of activity going on in your backyard - please try and inform the people who are cutting down our natural resouces - that they can , at least, contact a local sawmill to process the wood and save it from being chipped or burnt.