I Can See For Miles...:-(

[gness]

When I was buying this house the vendors kept apologising for next door's trees.....conifers planted many years ago...all around their garden and never trimmed....
I loved them.....they made my garden dark.....I never saw a sunrise because they were so high....they kept my ponds shaded.....and my morning cuppa corner of the garden was dark and damp....bliss.....☺

Some weeks ago Mrs next door said that they had been watching the progress of my garden.....it was putting hers to shame and....even though Mr next door was against it.....they were going to do their garden....starting with the trees!

And this morning the trees have come down.....I can see for miles over the countryside.....but I feel like a caught out vampire..... :-(

[Old_Geezer]

You need to buy yourself a box.

Failing that plant a few trees of your own ? You should be ok in a decade or so.

[gness]

A wicker one, OG....which I'd be occupying well before the trees grew...x

[DTCwordfan]

Bit pessimistic there, gness, you are but a young lass.....x

[Buenchico]

When I moved into this house there was a beautiful silver birch growing in the grass verge to the front of the house,. One day my next door neighbour pointed out that its branches were scraping the roof tiles of our two houses, meaning that tiles might get knocked off in high winds. He asked me to sign a joint letter to the council, asking them to trim the branches. Some time later I returned home one day to find that the council had simply cut the beautiful tree down. I was furious but, to make matters worse, I was verbally abused by several passers-by whom, I found out, had been told by the workmen that they were cutting the tree down because I'd complained about it!
:(

[gness]

But the sun ages redheads, DT.....

Kettering council did that, Chris.....they had one...just one lovely tree in their centre.....with seating beneath until the Lions or one of those groups offered to replace it with the most hideous clock you've ever seen.....
Must have had a mate who designed ugly clocks and needed to sell one....

We wanted the tree to stay....so it was chopped down secretly...early one morning....gone.....x

[SlackAlice]

More work for you, all the 'shade loving' plants will have to go.

No more sitting out in the 'buff' because your all on view, mind you, some people will either say "thank god!" and others might say "that's a shame"

[gness]

Just searching for job lots of huge brollies, Slack......x

[aelmpvw]

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[gness]

Oooo...thanks, Ael...the pink and black one would match my shed perfectly....xxx

[baza]

I wish my next door neighbour had had his conifers cut down years ago..
All the needles used to fall in the grandkids paddling pool. Plus midges would swarm around the trees in the evenings.

[gness]

I can see that, Baza....but I'm missing these.....x

[jennyjoan]

I too wish many trees here in the cul-de-sac were cut down too. They are blocking my view of down the street. Nosey hole that I am.