July 29, 2023, Saturday—
Rachel simply texted me images of an enormous bouquet of maple leaves that had squashed our chain link fence. What now? This, after a tree of heaven dropped a branch on our backyard, only nicking a gutter, thank Brigid.
A slow, massive creak preceded the crash, so she thought the cat was up to something.



First tree limb down in the backyard. It missed our groundhog + a pair of cardinals are mad for the seeds. So, not all bad.
Photos by Rachel

Everything is going to be all right/ rockabye