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Two bumps on a log

We are driving up to our summer home in Lakeside on Lake Erie today. There will be lots of yard work, so I hope the warm weather we're having in Columbus extends that far north. Seems there's been a bit of storm damage. A neighbor called and took some photos. Our trees are probably over 100 years old, and because the early community had no zoning or plan (started as summer tents on platforms for chautauqua), they are often too close to the homes or street. Still, they provide beauty and shade, and I would hate to lose them.

As we get closer, you'll see that two of the "bumps" are alive.


I haven't a clue how we'll cut this up and get it out of the road. We pay huge taxes to the county (which provides no services) and dues to the association (which owns the land), but we're a private community and when something expensive turns up, all fingers point to the home owner who gets very little return on taxes and dues.