Back in March, I wrote a post about Dutch Elm Disease, in connection with seeing a sick tree being taken down in the cemetery where I often walk. Ever since last spring, I've also been seeing a sick tree closer to home, and wondering when that might be removed. Over winter it has become even more obvious that it's not going to miraculously recover. So when today I woke up to the sounds of a chain saw at work, it did not take me long to guess what was going on. When I looked out, the tree was already felled, and they were cutting branches to later have it all moved by that green machine to a truck to take it away.
In the background, by the fence, there is another tree obviously suffering from the same thing. That one is not on the grounds of this housing estate, though, so I suppose "someone else" is responsible for having that removed. (Probably also more difficult to get to that one, as it's on the wrong side of the fence with a steep railway bank beneath...)
My view in that direction is "opening up" more than I'd prefer; but I can see the necessity of having the sick trees removed.
It can be amazing the way our view changes just by cutting down a tree. You may get a lot more light as well. It seems that your area is more prompt in landscape and gardening than they are here.
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