My poor, poor poplar :-(

It looks like some wind came up in the night...


My cherished poplar tree now has two amputational needs.
You can see the place below where February's ice storm took out a major branch. That section was healing over fairly well.

Now it's more lopsided than ever.
I'll give it a chance to fill in, providing the other half doesn't crumple over this winter.

I put a lot of effort into this little tree. It even looked good without leaves.

It used to have such a nice curvature, swooping over one way, while another branch balanced it out by sweeping in the opposite direction.

After defending it from the ravages of little boys and Iowa ice storms I have my doubts as to whether it will make it.

But we'll see...
 

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