Another Existential “Which Came First?”
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It’s not a hole in the wall… the hole came first, so it’s a wall surrounding a hole.
.. and the hole is surrounding a branch.
While the branch is growing through the hole in the wall. That means, the hole was before both of them?
I vote that the tree came first and then they built the fence second.
Mainly because I want to kill all the idiots who go on this site and say: “First” like it’s something special to have the first post.
You’re not special. Get over it.
Hilarious – I assume you thought your post would be first?
Fail. You’re not special, get over it.
Win. I’m not special, get under it!
You know… you are the “first” saying something like that!
This could also be on the “things that are doing it” site.
Some “There I Fixed It” entries are Darwin Award winners in the making. Some are just lazy, stupid, or foolish. Others show a neat insight into making cheap and/or interesting fixes.
But this one is just cool. An old tree, a new fence, and the desire to keep them both. Plus, room enough around the branch for squirrels to travel unimpeded…. Somebody thought this one out.
Actually, this is just the latest in the neighborhood’s fastest-escalating feud:
“Woody, get your damn tree off my property.”
“It’s not ON your property, Bud.”
“Well, it’s hanging OVER my property, and when you put up that wall like you’ve been promising, it’d better get taken care of.”
“Not a problem, Woody. Not a problem at all.”
Wait a minute there, which came first: Woody or Bud?
*muted groan*
I like the picture and the idea. An older tree is spared to add kepth to a new development.
“*muted groan*?” Are you by any chance trapped under something heavy? Like a fallen tree limb? What were the odds of THAT happening?!
I think it’s a beautiful solution. Nice wall + interesting tree = beauty. There’s no kludge here, just good craftsmanship.
I’m thinking tree growth (not to mention sway) was way ahead of squirrel clearance when they were planning this one.
I agree, this is a very nice solution to preserve the old and combine it with the new
This just takes us back to that age old question: What came first, the fence, or the tree?
Nvm… didn’t see the title….
No, they left room to let the two squirrels chase each other – especially in the springtime when Amour is in the air…
(Several California cities and counties have severe restrictions on trimming Coast Live Oaks – you’ll get yourself in serious trouble if you just start whacking off limbs at random. Jail time, five- and six-figure fines… Far simpler and safer to just build the fence around the limb.)
Yeah my idiot uncle knows all about that law. He decided to trim his neighbors Live Oak because it was in the way of his motorhome fitting in the driveway.
If the wall came 1st you got the give the tree credit for making a bullseye!
Unfortunately the tree can’t be a pro dart-player since it takes a couple of ten years to prove if this was a lucky shot or if it can do it again in it’s sleep.
This is really clever. I love it.
Spiffy!
But I’m not really sure why It’s on this blog, to be honest. Not a kludge, not paticularly funny or bizarre. It’s actually quite nice, if not overwhelmingly so.
The wall came first. Duh.
The tree came first. Duh.
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Rule 34.
“Put the hole right….about…here,” said the remarkably clairvoyant homeowner to the fence builder twenty-seven years ago.
If that’s a macro shot of a Bonsai in front of a dollhouse, I wouldn’t dismiss that explanation. Those Japanese Bonsai growers are insanely patient and will make the limb go through the exact center of the hole too…
So what happens when the tree dies?
You put in some pretty stained glass.
Hmm…build a pie-throwing stand with the wood?
Um, it falls in the woods and you hear the sound of one hand clapping?
The essence of the tree shall always remain.
Do not close the hole, lest the dead tree spirits curse the fence!
The whistles go WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Leave the tree where it is. What, it might petrify.
Tresspassing tree is in your yard, devaluing your property.
The hole came first, the air filled it, the tree grew threw it, and the fence framed it.
Very nice (other than the spelling).
Nice, Time Kitten, wrapped it up!
That defeats the purpose of the fence. Fences are made to keep burglars out. The fact that the fence exists says there’s something of value inside, and there’s a tree to aid in climbing it. The house behind that fence is less secure than if the fence weren’t there in the first place.
What fence are you referring to?
It’s a privacy wall, not a fence. It’s more decorative than utilitarian.
Really tall fences may keep burglars out, but short walls like this are for privacy.
Actually, the positioning of the tree, combined with the “plants grow towards the sun” rule and the fact that that wall doesn’t have a seam mean that the wall came first, and the tree started to grow aiming above the wall, but was hindered by the part of the wall above the hole, and thus it grew towards, and eventually through, the hole.
The wall has plenty of seams.
Or does it just seem that way?
The hole has always been there! Only the tree and fence came later!
I love it!
So space is really just an infinite number of virtual holes? Move over, Albert.
Sounds like we’re dividing by “0″ again.
No, really, the eco friendly Hobbits trained the Ent to grow through the hole.
Darned clever those Hobbits!
Now you’re thinking with portals!
The kludge is a lie.
Hmmmm, I can’t tell by looking at this if the wall, tree, or hole came first. I can tell you it’s a sacred wall, because it’s hole-y
This picture blows my mind. It could go either way, really.
Strangely sexual…gee, I need a date…
Day 21: Our tree has grown through the hole, almost like it has a mind of its own.
Day 30: Found several twigs on my bed this morning, my shotgun has gone missing. Covered in splinters.
Day 43: Bed found impaled by several branches. I fear for my life.
It’s the tree from Poltergeist! Where’s Carol Ann???
No, the tree and the wall were childhood friends. When they grew up, this seemed like the next logical step. The wall wasn’t using that portion of itself for anything useful anyways.
3 days later: “A circle shaped brick has been thrown into the window of a building last night. The part where the brick used to be now has a tree growing through it. The tree will be questioned today.”
That wall is going to look weird once the tree dies.
Welcome to the Freud residence.
(he was right, you know- sometimes a tree is just a tree)
Chicken-and-egg question hasn’t been existential for a loooong time now.
ooh I love this
hey, the tree is putting its wood through the hole
!
If we could see a wider shot – we’d see the tree growing up through a hole in the bottom of the pool and through the wall of the building next door and out the roof.
The architect missed a chance to place a planter around the trunk of the tree, made of the same stonework as the wall. Or maybe it’s there, but just not in the picture. NAW! No photographer would have passed up that shot.
It wont be a problem in few year when the tree grows above the wall…
If you’re thinking the tree will move toward the top of the hole as it grows–no, it won’t. Trees grow by adding limbs and extending upward. The already existing part stays at the same level.
Are you sure? As the trunk of the tree below the offshoot of the branch grows in height so will the distance the tree limb resides off of the ground. I give it 5-6 years and the tree will make contact.
Look at a fence (such as barbed wire) or a mailbox nailed to a tree. Have you ever seen it lifted above its original height because of tree growth? No. It doesn’t happen.
Someone said to put the wood in the hole.
Someone else did it.
rule 34 no exeptions…….
The tree will continue to grow vertically as well as in diameter.
The axiom is not which came first?
But now is:
Which is stronger the Immoveable object or the irresistable force?
My vote the tree.
“Somethin’s gotta give, somethin’s gotta give, something’ gotta giiivvveee….”
dude this is sick and nasty buttt extremely funnyyy FUNNY AS HELL
Proves my wife’s theory….Lay there like a brick and you will get a little wood.
Now you are thinking with Portals.
Wow, That’s a whole lot of tree…
old tree new fence.maybe:)
Tree first, hole second. That is, if we’re using the “a hollowed place in something solid” definition of ‘hole.’
When Treebeard finally realized he was stuck, it was too late. Fangorn had been transformed to the horrific ‘Urbania’ as predicted by the ancient prophecy of Kludge.
They came at the same time! It was very romantic.
This is a fine example of f*** shui.