Falling Pine

 On about the fourth of June I noticed that an old dead pine had lost the battle with gravity, broken at the base, falling into the arms of supporting trees.  My chain saw was not running well and more meaningfully my growing number of years was sending me a message that perhaps I should hold off on attempting to complete the felling and clearing of this old tree in case I had to do a sudden reflexive jump for safety when it was severed - so I let it stand for nature to take its course.