Submit to Fate without unseemly wrangle
Such complications frequently occur
Life is one complicated tangle
Death is the only true unraveller
---The Gondoliers
Gilbert and Sullivan
There's not much unravelling with the old apple tree, which is now almost hollow. The tree must be over 100 years old and has produced lots of deliciously tart apples, heirlooms without name. I am steeling myself for the next big storm that will likely bring the tree down. Last night when I came home, the car lights caught a herd of deer under the tree. Deer congregate at the tree throughout the year. No apples, no deer? Not likely but the absence of the tree in the landscape will be an ache.
