A dying ent

The snapped-top oak on the service drive isn't our only arboreal problem.

The pin oaks on the lawn south of the pool house have been dying off for a few years now, but this year the enormous old white oak near the summer house is leafing its last, too.

You can see the bare top, but you have to look closely to see the last living part, on that huge branch down on the right.

We're thinking it might not be a total loss: If we can scrape up the cash, we're going to try to find a sculptor to do something creative with it.

Which, I suggest pragmatically, will include several feet of base, where we can saw it off and take it with us if the farm ever sells.