We have two big dead cedars in our yard. The biggest of the two was already dead in 1977 when we bought the property. We could see its dead naked top from the road and it helped us locate our driveway at the very beginning, before we became more familiar with our neighborhood. I was so happy that the smaller of the two cedars was still alive and I built a fence around it to prevent it from being damaged when I had goats.
We live in a temperate rain forest which is characterized by huge cedar trees. I love those dark cedar forests with the ancient cedars, and I was proud to have the big living cedar growing in our yard. Unfortunately about four years ago it died, and I was heart broken. I have left the two giants standing.
A few days ago I walked out from the carport and looked over toward the dead cedars and noticed that from that angle, you can’t really tell that they are dead. When you walk through an ancient cedar forest all that you can see of the trees are their big gray trunks, and that is all you can see from our house, so from that angle, the two dead trees still give the impression that they are alive. Of course I would love it if they were alive, but at least their dead trunks still give me a bit of that cedar forest feeling.
Below is a photo. The foliage that you see is from a nearby willow tree.
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