Water bubbling up in the flowerbed… trouble!

 

While weeding the flowerbed I find water that doesn’t belong. I’m not watering anything! The front of the flowers are getting flooded.

After contacting the city they inform us that they will need to dig in my flower garden to repair a broken pipe. They will shut off the water main so we should fill the tub for flushing the toilet and other containers with water to drink while the water is off.

We have lived here for 10 years and are thankful for the Maple tree with the flowers surrounding it. Thankfully we have time to save the a majority of the flowers. My wonderful husband helps save the flowers.

I watch the city workers take a backhoe to my flowerbed, and as they dig down to the broken pipe I hear him say,

“Oops, I hit the tap root!”

They way he said this made an impact! I had no idea what it meant but we soon find out.

This big massive tree is taken down by one little root being hit.

Big or small the root feeds the tree and the importance of that root shows up as our tree cries out in pain while dropping her limbs one at a time.

Thankfully all branches fall facing the street away from the house.

First on June 25, 2013, our daughter’s bug was smashed not long after she bought it.

 

 

 

 

Again in November 21, 2013 the neighbor’s vehicle was in the wrong spot as the branch came down and totaled the pickup.

Throughout the winter three more branches fall into our yard during a storm.

This shows us we have to take our tree down. First we call a professional to see if it can be saved, but we realize it has to come down.

Job 1:21b The LORD gave and The LORD has taken away. Blessed Be the name of The LORD.

We are thankful to have had the tree for as long as we did and now the process of taking it down starts.

God is Good no matter what is happening He is Always Good.