Goodbye shaded backyard

While we are at Mass, a major portion of our locust tree fell. It was not a stormy or particularly windy day. We are so thankful we were not home, as the kids' swing was on a branch that fell. Thank you, God, that no one was outside playing at the time. Later on, Ryan counted the trunk's rings, and we came to discover that this tree was likely over a hundred years old - 110 rings.