Well the tree rats (squirrels to the rest of you
folks) struck again this weekend. I woke up yesterday
and went to check on my trees and to my horror I
noticed that the top 3 inches of my Acer had been
broken off. I had a really nice taper to the apex
forming so needless to say I was really bummed, but
for the life of me I could not figure out how it
happened.

Then this morning as I was having my cup of tea and
contemplateing how I was going to fix this little
problem I noticed a tree rat scurry of to the acer. It
then proceeded to climb up to the top and use it for a
launching pad to reach a bird feeder that my wife had
placed about 3 feet away. I about choked on my Earl
Grey as I tried to shoo the damn thing off and then I
promptly moved the bird feeder to a location far from
where I keep my Acer. Now I just need to figure out
what to do about this top.

Anyway, trying to find a good side to all this I am
going to try and root the former apex of my Acer.
Maybe I will do a root over rock with it. Hope
everyone else's weekend is going well.

Sincerely,

Louis Brooks
Tallahassee, Florida

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