The coral tree has leaves again!

Remember my rant about the butchered tree? Well, I'm pleased to let you know the tree is coming back. In fact, the leaves are coming in fast and furiously. So maybe I shouldn't have been so hard on the butcher - oops, tree trimmer.

Here's how it looked yesterday.

My succulent garden is looking pretty good too.

Tree trimming rant - a new poem

Butcher

The tree trimming was yesterday.

And with his long-handled ax

he hacked the trees

stripping off leaves and

giant birds of paradise

until only bare branches and trunks

were left.

His onslaught hit the ground

leaving broken and bent petals,

the red succulents flattened

and spent.

Of course it got its intended result –

Light pouring through.

I can’t wait for the shade

to come back.

Coral Tree Before

 Coral Tree Today 

(2 weeks after the hack job)

 Poor Eucalyptus and Palms