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Fla Dem

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8. OK, now I am feeling doubly sad for having the big Live Oak tree, right next to my house cut down.

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2019, 09:54 AM

Sep 2019

Last edited Thu Sep 19, 2019, 11:32 AM - Edit history (1)

It really bothered me to have to make that decision, but it was too close to the house and being in a hurricane prone part of the country, it was a preventative measure. A large limb had already been blown off.

Loved that tree and miss it.

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