Goodbye, Old Friend

The urban, pizza eating squirrels will need a new address. The pair of kestrels that return year after year to raise their family have already taken up residence in the cottonwood across the street. The woodpeckers will dine elsewhere.

We'll miss your glorious summer shade, your dreamy springtime tufts of cotton, and the sound of the wind tousling your leaves on a cool autumn evening.

Older and taller than our homes, with roots deeper in this city than any of our families, you will be missed Dear Old Friend!