Thanks for taking the walk, Buddy. The top of the willow was within my reach when we first got the place over 30 years ago. We would have dual waiding pools that were dumped around it most summer days.

Just when waiding pools were becoming a thing of the past our neighbour sold and moved an office trailer that was in the back yard directly beside the Willow. They had water and sewer running to the trailer so after they moved the piping there was a 3-4 foot hole just across the boundary from the willow. They filled it with gravel and gravelled the rest of the yard. They made a natural well for it and it flowered.

It is now taller than my two story. Probably the largest willow in the city.