Last spring these amazing people came by to trim my tree, so I thought. I learned later this was a crew hired from Xcel Power to keep the leaves from growing into the power lines. With the heavy spring and summer rains my tree became water logged, but never a leaf did it grow. By August I realized it was time, the tree must come down. It was dead. In fact, it had probably died years ealier.
So I called the lovely people at Xcel Power, after all, their expert trimming killed the tree. I called the Town of Berthoud, after all, the Town just hired a new arborist. What I received was a letter from the Town giving me 30 days to remove the tree and a phone call from Xcel telling me the previous owner must have been the one that killed the tree. I then called four more arborists. Turns out, Xcel's arborist is the only person who believes Xcel didn't kill the tree!
My neighbor, who must have been blessed by an angel, rounded up a crew of three, also neighbors, and about an hour later the tree was gone.
Thank you to my neighbors and my friends. I could not go through this experience (cancer adn the tree) without each and every one of you. It is my sincerest hope that I will pay forward the kindness that has been given to me.
