Buzz Cut

No, not me! (Well, okay, me, as usual, but that’s not what the post is about.)

If you read this site regularly (and thank you!) you’ve seen pictures of the western horizon from my front yard. There are usually clouds or sunsets or stars or mountains or ISS passes or planes or Vandenberg launches or something off in the distance. But in the foreground are the cluster of seven tall palm trees in my neighbor’s yard across the street. Today they got trimmed to within an inch of their lives.

The bad news is that there were often crows and mockingbirds hanging out and possibly/probably nesting in those treetops. It make take a while for the fronds at the top to grow back enough to make a decent crown and a place for nests to be built. And my front yard, already dealing with being way too dry and roasted in this summer heat, is going to get that much more sun every day.

The good news is that the trees didn’t get cut down entirely, just trimmed. And since this is also exactly where the Falcon 9’s launching out of Vandenberg show up, it will be easier to see them.

We’ll call it a draw!