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Really great photos! the moon, the water with such shimmering and cloud formation, the poor tree striped of it’s branches and so venerable….
I look forward to seeing our local views every time! Thank you photographers!
Thank you Ann, this is Forest Flame andromeda, one of my favorites due to the lovely variety of color changes.
I expect the redwood played havoc with street surfaces, sidewalks, sewers and plumbing, but shearing its limbs prior to being drawn and quartered makes it look like a medieval torture victim. A little planning, oh about a half-century ago would have taken it down without much fuss, but letting it grow into a magnificent, majestic tree BEFORE you killed it makes me question the city’s sanity.
Will this be the fate of all such heritage trees in Edmonds? Let them become grand and inspiring and then drop ’em? I hope someone makes a giant poster of Big Red and plasters it inside or on the side of City Hall, and others replace it as embarrassed officials spend small fortunes removing it. Shame on all of you.
Possibly the next biggest out-of-place tree is the Sequoia at the corner of Third North and Caspers. No way to keep the sidewalk level anymore. Quite a hazard for pedestrians , if not the home and street.
Barbara,
It’s bad enough that Big Red was removed. Please don’t go putting ideas into anyone’s head about removing the Sequoia. Washington State is unofficially known as the Evergreen State.
David,
There are several articles about Big Red on here. You should go read them. It’s beyond heartbreaking that it was removed. I just hope the trunk is going to be turned into something cool.