http://www.dminor.com/blog/articles/2003/07/07/neighborly-gift en-us 40 variations on a short vamp in d minor <p>We just moved into a new house 2 months ago. I say &#8220;new,&#8221; it was actually built in 1916, but it&#8217;s new to us. Our neighbor to the East have a beautiful house and yard. They work really hard on it.</p> <p>During the night July 4, we endured severe thunderstorms from 3 to 6 a.m. It was an impressive lightning and wind show, however one of our very large trees next to the house split and fell into our neighbor&#8217;s yard. To complicate matters, it didn&#8217;t come all the way down, it lodged itself against one of their trees about 30 feet up and stopped.</p> <p>I was going to call some tree services this morning to see how much it would cost to remove the beast, but nature took it&#8217;s toll before I could get the phonebook. Another strong thunderstorm came through this morning, and as I sat at the kitchen table, it gave out a couple of warning cracks, snapped off the top of the neighbor&#8217;s tree and came crashing to the ground. </p> <p>Wish I had a fireplace &#8230;</p> Mon, 07 Jul 2003 10:00:00 -0500 urn:uuid:54f753d9937bbb3fae9cb82b8ac5288a dminor http://www.dminor.com/blog/articles/2003/07/07/neighborly-gift House Projects