Hey, I'm back!!

This Elm has led a fairly good life despite these super obvious and huge girdling roots. And lack of soil and growing space. Yay for it!

Sensless Mutiliation

This was taken at a Wendy's somewhere in Ohio. Unfortunately for the tree, two van-loads of Horticulturists happened upon it and gaped openly.

I don't understand why this was done. There's nothing above the tree, it doesn't need to be shorter. And, I'm sure this "pruning" was a lot of work, and probably expensive. What's the point?

Well, I'm sure it will look beautiful after/if it leafs out.

Bag Worms

Is this beautiful Christmas Tree decorated with ornaments? No, it's a Colorado Blue Spruce covered in Bag Worms. Covered. At first, I thought this was a Douglas Fir covered in cones.

I Hate Pruning Dreams II

So I guess this is intentional. The photo above is one of two trees with a sucker(?) wrapped around it, in some kind of whimsical way. Although, it's still unclear if the tree was purchased that way, or if it was created by the homeowner, who is probably a witch.

Homeowner Pruning Cut

See, I told you!

Aliens

This pear looks like an alien creature trying to make out with itself. This whole street of brand new condos is lined with this craziness. While I was taking these photos one of the street's residents passed me, and avoided eye contact. Probably because he was ashamed.

Majestic Elm

I know it's not really fair to show elm volunteers because they always look terrible, and they almost seem to prefer climbing up a chain link fence, but this is so wrong. Why is that tree still there? You can see the gutter and the tree are impacting each other's shape, so why? Why?

Of course, there's probably no way it could be safely removed now so we'll just have to see who wins, the tree or the garage, or the telephone pole/lines.