GOOD FORTUNE COOKIES

                          THE CHINESE BELIEVE THAT A TREE IN FRONT OF YOUR FRONT DOOOR BLOCKS GOOD FORTUNE FROM ENTERING YOUR HOUSE.   I HAVE A TREE THAT BLOCKS MY VIEW FROM MY FORNT PORCH PATIO OF TWO LAKES AND THREE GOLF HOLES.  I HAVE TO APPLY TO THE TOWNHOUSE COMMITTEE TO GET IT CUT DOWN BECAUSE IT'S IN THE FRONT.  THEN I HAVE TO REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER TREE.  IT ACTUALLY IS NOT AT MY DOOR.  A BOTTLE BRUSH TREE IS OPPOSITE MY FRONT DOOR.  I LOVE IT.  IT  REMINDS ME OF MY SATELLITE BEACH CONDO WHERE BILL'S FAATHER HAD PLANTED A BOTTLEBRUSH TREE ON THE CANAL.  IT HAS NUMEROUS RED BOTTLE BRUSH  LIKE FLOWERS.
                              THE TREE IN FRONT OF MY TOWNHOUSE IS ALWAYS IN GREEN LEAVES.   THEY MUST BE TRIMMED INTO A LOLLIPOP TREE TWICE A YEAR AT $5O + A CUT.  I HATE LOLLIPOP TREES.  I DID NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT THEY EXISTED.  I THOUGHT ONLY CHILDREN PAINTED THEM.  ART TEACHERS DETEST THEM AS UNNATURAL.  WELL YES VIRGINIA AND ALL ART TEACHERS LOLLIPOP TREES DO EXIST.  THEY ARE ALL OVER MY NEIGHBORHOOD.  THIS ONE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE IS MAJOR IRKSOME.  I HAD TWO CUT DOWN IN MY FRONT ENTRANCE PATIO THAT WERE TALL AND SCRAGGILY.  THEY WERE HITTING THE ROOF.  SO I GUESS THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD GIVEN UP TRIMMING THEM.  MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR HAD MINE TRIMMED THIS SUMMER.  IT'S ON MY PROPERTY.  WHY HE DID IT, I DON'T KNOW.  HE NEVER GOT THE GARDENER TO CLEAR MY FRONT WALK OF BLOWN OVERGROWN PLANTS.  ANYWAY I PAID HIM BACK $50.  HIS HOUSE JUST SOLD FOR $100,000 LESS THAN I PAID FOR MY HOUSE NEXT DOOR IN DECEMBER 2008.  HE SAYS HE'LL GET MORE THAN THE APPRAISAL, SO HE'S HAPPY TO GET AWAY FROM ALL THE STAIRCASES,EXHAUST FUMES, TOWNHOUSE BOARDS, GARDENING RULES AND LACK OF PRIVACY AND SECURITY ON A GOLF COURSE WHERE PEOPLE GO IN AND OUT ALL DAY 6FT. FROM YOUR BACK DOOR.  ALL THE NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS HERE ARE PRIVATE STREETS WITH NO TRESPASSERS ALLOWED.  THE GOLF COURSE OWNER HAS A GATE IN FRONT OF HIS STREET'S ENTRANCE.  WHY WE DON'T HAVE A GATE AT NIGHT ON THIS GOLF PATH IS BEYOND ME.
                      I HAVE A GIGANTIC TREE IN FRONT OF MY FRONT DOOR IN CAPE COD. I LOVE THAT TREE.   IT PROVIDES SHADE FOR THE ENTIRE FRONT YARD OF MY HOUSE.  UNFORTUNATELY  THE WINTER MOTHS IN THE SUMMER TURNED THE LEAVES INTO SWISS CHEESE.  ACTUALLY THAT HELPS MY GRASS GROW.

MY FAVORITE TREE-ISA TWIN ONE IN BEEBE WOODS,  IT'S AN AMERICAN BEECH WHERE EVERYONE CARVES THEIR INITIALS OR MARY LOVES BILL MESSAGES IN A HEART

                          THIS IS AMERICA.   I FEEL A TREE KEEPS YOUR GOOD LUCK IN.   A TREE PROTECTS YOU FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD.  IT PROVIDES HOMES AND FOOD FOR ANIMALS.  THE ONLY ONES I OBJECT TO ARE THE ONES THAT BLOCK YOUR VIEW AND HAVE TO BE TRIMMED INTO LOLLIPOP TREES TWICE A YEAR.