High school and a lilac tree

Our oldest grandchild started high school yesterday. I know, right?!? How in the world...

Her parents took the traditional 'first-day-of-school' picture, and it's crazy how old she looks. She goes to a private school and therefore must wear a uniform, but my first thought upon seeing the pic was "I swear her mom wore something almost like that when she was in high school!" :)

Anyway, she has changed so much over the years and has grown into a nice looking young lady, as well as maturing socially and emotionally. I guess ... gulp ... she is basically another ... adult. Gahhhhhhh.

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Okay, on to less important matters... We had a lilac bush/tree cut down today. 

I'm pretty sure they're supposed to be bushes. However, if you don't tend to things, they can age and grow a little out of control. That's what happened here. It just got too big. 

I've been going to cut it down myself ...one of these days. I just never really knew where to start or how to go about it, and I wouldn't know what to do with it after it was down.

So, I learned my lesson by paying $250 to have someone cut it down and hall it away, and another $200 to have the stump removed (at a later date).

Gulp.

We will allow the ground to settle a bit, then hope to plant an arborvitae or some such small tree/bush-thing in it's place some day (or maybe a single fence panel). 

 

Growing up is a good; it's supposed to happen. We must tend to things and take good care so we age and grow into proper maturation though. Otherwise we can get a bit out of control.