Dormant Shortcuts

As revealed in a tree tale

“Yeah, cut that tree, too! Gracias!”

I told my gardener the other day in my limited Spanish, referring to a Miniature Date Palm tree that I kept standing for a while by tying to another tree with a thin orange rope.

It was about time; the tree was pretty dead and more importantly inches away from our roof. And in Miami, you want to keep a healthy distance…