{"id":1700,"date":"2013-03-01T23:28:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T04:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2013-03-01T23:28:03","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T04:28:03","slug":"in-memory-of-a-tree-the-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=1700","title":{"rendered":"In Memory of a Tree&#8230; The Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1701\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-2-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-2-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-2.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year we had to say good bye to a tree. \u00a0A very special tree, it had that classic African rain forest look. \u00a0Rising high above all others, it was a stately tree. \u00a0It almost felt like a symbol of Rain Forest International School.<\/p>\n<p>But do you see what is at the base of that beautiful big tree? \u00a0Ron&#8217;s garage office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1702\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-1-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-1-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-1.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One day last November, Ron got a phone call after a strong wind and rain storm. \u00a0Another branch had fallen. \u00a0This was not the first such call about that tree, but it would be the last. \u00a0A fallen branch had done damage to school property for the last time&#8230; or so we thought.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-3.1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1707\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-3.1-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"Ron and the maintenance guys examine the damage\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-3.1-300x235.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-3.1.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*insert imagination. \u00a0My camera was not working when the tree was cut. \u00a0As it went down, it took out a portion of the wall that had just been rebuilt as well as the electricity, as its branches grazed the electric pole.<\/p>\n<p>The next couple of weeks the air was filled with the annoying buzz of the chainsaw as the amazingly skilled &#8220;woodcutter&#8221; made lumber from the trunk of that tree.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1703\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-3-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-3-300x257.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-3.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The wood is stacked and drying in anticipation of its next role &#8212; to once again shade the garage \/ industrial arts area.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1704\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1704\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-5-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-5-290x300.jpg 290w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-5.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Architectural drawing of rafters and roof soon to be covering the Industrial Arts area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1706\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-61.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1706\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-61-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-61-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2013\/03\/2013-02-Tree-61.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Open area that the new roof will cover.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many of us were saddened that she had to be cut down. \u00a0But somehow it&#8217;s not quite so sad knowing she&#8217;ll be built in to the physical structure of RFIS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1700&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year we had to say good bye to a tree. \u00a0A very special tree, it had that classic African rain forest look. \u00a0Rising high above all others, it was a stately tree. \u00a0It almost felt like a symbol of Rain Forest International School. 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