Alert reader JP Vellotti was driving by Town Hall today, and saw this sight:
The towering apple tree at the base of the hill is gone.
It’s been replaced by a new line of cherry trees.
The view will be different.
Like everything else in Westport, we’ll get used to it.
Some will love it. Some won’t.
And one day — years from now — those trees too will be gone.
What you’re saying, Dan, is a paraphrase of Ecclesiastes (or maybe from Pete Seeger or even the Byrds): “To everything there is a season”
A time to chop down apple trees, and a time to plant cherries…
…so we’re discussing every tree in Westport that gets chopped down because…..
A row of cherry trees will be nice. Patience, though. The third year’s the charm.
From over here near London where I live, I thought that Staples had moved…..
Apple trees can live a long time – I wonder if I stared at that tree from my classroom window when the building was Bedford Elementary. Certainly I wasn’t looking at my teachers. I recall daydreaming and looking out that window year after year (if I wasn’t looking at girls). Still, it’s nice that the Town planted something new to replace the tree, and we got three for one!
Funny to see the STAPLES truck in front of the old STAPLES High School…that made me smile.
Yeah, except this is not the old Staples High School. This is the old Bedford Elementary School. The old Staples was on Riverside Avenue. Sorry!
The old Staples IS on Riverside, now serving as an elementary school. The even older, original Staples was on Riverside, alongside the current building, but was torn down in the 50s (?)
The first building was built in 1884, and torn down in 1967. It was used as an annex in its last years, prior to the expansion of what was then Bedford Junior High (and is now Saugatuck Elementary School). The original building was located near what is now the Saugatuck El auditorium. For a photo, click on this story, then scroll down: http://06880danwoog.com/2012/08/09/ozzie-and-harriet-smoking-in-the-boys-room/
As Chet and Steve began to plant the cherry trees, they each privately wondered about the wisdom of Staples venturing into the landscape business. Still, it beat stocking shelves.
That’s your best one, yet!
Love it!
Nothing like a little existential dread to start the morning!