A fews days ago one of the three remaining trees that stand overlooking Beech tree park fell without betraying a moments notice of its peril. Many of us saw its last moments via a video captured by a doorbell camera—swaying ever so slightly—then leaning toward the camera with no recovery and accelerating downward to the ground. The brief, intense crash, was followed by a slightly shocked quiet. The photo at the top of this page shows the three Beeches together last summer, with a setting sun silhouetting them. Even then the tree on the left appears thinner and not quite as robust as the other two.