And were we like those same straps they used to hold up trees, that look like slingshots tied from the trunk to the post—were we that same post for our kids, meant to just stay there in the ground long enough we could hold them up, and one day just be removed, and they’d still stand on their own?
Bill Pearse 
But then there’s the need for pruning.
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It could go on from here couldn’t it. We have an arborist coming today to take some out. Imagine it will be quite loud.
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In my neighborhood I see trees that still have those posts beside them long after the tree needs them, sometimes with the straps cutting into the tree bark as it grows around them, used to them. I never thought to wonder whether the posts don’t want to let go because they’re still worried. The tree could always be a bit more stable, no?
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Ah, good: personifying the posts, we think alike. I hope camp is going well for you! Bill
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I have not had nearly as much time at Camp as I would like this past week, but I’m hoping to escape this next weekend.
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Hope you can too, and your work situation gets sorted also. Bill
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(Pulls at hair and laughs, a little too hysterically.)
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