Barb D'Angelo

Your stump house is so creative. What a neat way to remember that awesome tree!

There is an interesting story behind that tree.  We bought the farm from the grandson of the original owner, it had passed through 3 generations, and at the time the grandson was 89 yo.  His grandfather had 12 children, and he planted a sugar maple for each of his kids, sadly there are only 5 left, but they are huge.  This tree came down last summer, it was the second time it lost a huge limb, the first was the summer before.  3/4 of the tree is still in existence, but regardless I planted a new one about 10 feet away.  I do miss the privacy it gave the courtyard though!  It is scary when a big tree like that comes down, 7 times since I have lived here there have been huge limbs come down, and 5 trees are now gone, two were just stumps when we got here.

How nice that you are keeping to the history of the farm. Planting trees is always a great thing, imo. Repurposing the branches is a wonderful idea.

Keeping the country in the country is a great thing to be part of. That is not to say that I don't enjoy a trip to the city for some of their amenities now and then. But I'm a country gal to the core!

I love old farmhouses and barns. So many are neglected and falling into disrepair as the urban landscape creeps ever onward. There is a lovely little children's book called "The Little House" by Virginia Lee Burton. (author of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and Katy and the Big Snow and others). The poor little country house is overtaken by the city and forgotten. Then her ancestors come back and rescue her. Worth the read, imo.