Jonesing for the neighbor's tree

[Bree]

So I am sitting here looking out my window at the neighbor's crabapple tree. It's a gnarly thing and I have never paid any attention to it. Well that is until I noticed that it is all burly! It has a big burl near the base of the tree and many smaller burls up the trunk.

I want that twisty, gnarly, burly tree!!

I just know that I could score some nice pens out of that wood. Poor neighbor has no clue that I am jonesing for his tree.

And it's an ugly tree to boot... scarred from our October Surprise snowstorm in Buffalo that killed thousands of trees a couple of years ago. This one has many dead branches. It really should be replaced with a nice Flowering Catalpa or beautiful Japanese Maple tree!!

Nothing ever works out the way I want!
:frown::frown::frown:

 

[Rollerbob]

Hey, what are neighbors for? It's better than jonesing for his mower or hammock, right? Bet you could make a deal to own that bad boy and make him happy knowing the gnarly thing is out of his sight!!

 

[randyrls]

So I am sitting here looking out my window at the neighbor's crabapple tree.

Bree; Offer the neighbor a tree! and of course, you'll cut down the old one!

Seriously; I got started in penturning many years ago when I made a pen set for each of the children of a neighbor of mine. He had to cut down the tree in their backyard. This was the tree that was used a home base, where the tire swing hung, the tree fort was in this tree.

I made him a pen set for each of the kids, and cut tree rounds with space for photos of the children playing around the tree from a section of the trunk.

 

[rjwolfe3]

I have seen a couple in my neighborhood too but can't get anyone to budge on them.

 

[markgum]

hmmm would a midnight wind storm help??? can it fall in your yard? got to be a way to obtain some :biggrin:

 

[THarvey]

And it's an ugly tree to boot... scarred from our October Surprise snowstorm in Buffalo that killed thousands of trees a couple of years ago. This one has many dead branches. It really should be replaced with a nice Flowering Catalpa or beautiful Japanese Maple tree!!

:frown::frown::frown:

Make this suggestion to him. Tell him you will be a good neighbor and get the old tree out of his way. :biggrin:

 

[wolftat]

I was able to get a twisted up, ugly old Dogwood in exchange for a nice new tree and a couple of pens. I for some reason feel I got the better of the deal.

 

[Bree]

You guys are sooooo DEVIOUS!!

I'll try your suggestions!!
:wink::wink::wink:

 

[Manny]

Tsk tsk tsk....
Thou shall not covet thy neighbors tree

 

[Jgrden]

So I am sitting here looking out my window at the neighbor's crabapple tree. It's a gnarly thing and I have never paid any attention to it. Well that is until I noticed that it is all burly! It has a big burl near the base of the tree and many smaller burls up the trunk.

I want that twisty, gnarly, burly tree!!

I just know that I could score some nice pens out of that wood. Poor neighbor has no clue that I am jonesing for his tree.

And it's an ugly tree to boot... scarred from our October Surprise snowstorm in Buffalo that killed thousands of trees a couple of years ago. This one has many dead branches. It really should be replaced with a nice Flowering Catalpa or beautiful Japanese Maple tree!!

Nothing ever works out the way I want!
:frown::frown::frown:

Anything that withstands the snow storms off of Lake Erie and lives in Buffalo has got to be one tough object.

 

[Bree]

Anything that withstands the snow storms off of Lake Erie and lives in Buffalo has got to be one tough object.

That tree took 15" of heavy wet snow in one day with full leaves and survived. It just got burly that's all!! LOL!

Tough little crabapple!!