Chain Link and Dirt Lots

They're baaaaack! I am seeing them everywhere! The chain link fence around nothing, a dirt lot or parking spaces.

They are on the corner by the grocery store, they are taking up the coveted parking spaces at Home Depot and Lowes.

Yes folks, the Christmas tree lots are getting ready to rake in your hard earned bucks. I can't wait for December 1st to buy my tree that is probably being cut down as we speak.

I have to have a Noble (yes, the Charlie Brown tree), I have a strange aversion to the Douglas (or Christmas bush, as I call it). What kind of Christmas tree do you prefer?

Noble


Douglas



...how about an upside down tree?

Wild and Wooley Wind

Stay strong beautiful tree!

This is what we are dealing with today:

Issued by The National Weather Service San Diego, CA 9:06 am PDT, Mon., Oct. 13, 2008
... HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PDT TUESDAY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PDT TUESDAY.
STRONG NORTHEAST FLOW BEHIND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER ARIZONA COMBINED WITH BUILDING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLATEAU WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY.
EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 70 MPH THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS.
THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES.
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

I am very concerned about the tree in our front yard. I have been fighting with everyone for years to keep this tree. It supplies our home with wonderful shade during the warmer months and is a beautiful tree.

I know now why everyone wanted it taken down. It is severely top heavy and now quite unstable. I am sitting in my house and I can hear it cracking and popping.

We don't own this tree as it is on the parkway which is owned by the city, so we have to wait for the city to take any action regarding this lovely giant timber. Of course, the city is closed today for Columbus Day. I hope it makes it through this round of high winds. Check out the flag in the picture that's how windy it is.

Gotta go and batten down the hatches.