The house in Woodward survived the derecho and it now looks like this. The last big tree that stood in the front of the house was torn up too much so the city took it down. The house had five big silver maples at one time, maybe more. Now they are all gone. It was a very shaded property back in 1976 when I first bought the place.
The stump is all that is left now. The whole town lost a lot of trees including my neighbors across the street. They had four maples that were all cut down having been destroyed by the strong hurricane winds.
The house was built in 1904 but there is no way of knowing when the silver maples were first planted. I guess ring readers could figure out the age of this old tree but I sure could not.
We went to the house for the first time since the crash of my health back in October. I wanted to see the windows that were replaced in our house but were not able to get up there to see them. I let the men into the house and paid them the second payment, and then went home. The right side of the original window was ripped off by the strong winds so the new window looks really nice. It had been boarded up for a lot of months waiting for the company to replace it. I had a second old fashion window upstairs replaced as it wasn't energy efficient. The other reason we went up was to see where the furnace temperature. I wanted it to be set to keep the house warm enough as the cold would not do damage the house. It was set at 60 degrees F. and that was good to see. I had asked the workmen who installed the windows to set it at that. They did it correctly.
It has been a long day with no sunshine. We warmed a little but not to cause a lot of thawing. Thanks for stopping by today.
1 comment:
So sad to see huge trees gone and that was a big one! It really looks different. The window looks great and that room looks really cute...are you planning to sell the house now...big decisions for sure:)
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