u/HDkarting

Since there have already been a couple helmet posts today. My son's helmet. It was his Christmas present. Santa took his time but came through in the end. I know many of you will say it's busy. I initially thought the same. But I was surprised how much I liked it. it's a good looking lid. And it looks good on-track, besides making him easy to spot. He's happy, which is all that matters.

(He grew up in NYC before we moved to Europe, after which he started karting. Hence the skyline.)

The landscaper was instructed to trim the trees away from the gutters. Instead, they completely limbed them up. All the privacy and beauty we waited so long for has been traded for a manicured canopy.

Are those limbs lost forever? Am I being unreasonable in being upset? We grew these trees specifically to try and get some privacy. I'm trying to find a recent picture. They were beautiful and so healthy.

EDIT: The early results are that I'm being unreasonable, and I'll accept that. For context, I usually do most of my landscaping. However, I have had the same landscaper come and trim the trees 5 years in a row the same way, but under my supervision. (He also does things like stumping, delivers my firewood, etc.) But I live overseas, and I figured it was safe to say trim it like always. This was not like always. Maybe I'm shaken by the unexpectedness of it.

Also, I'm going to work with a professional arborist on all my trees. I don't know why I hadn't thought of this before. Maybe because I am an idiot. An unreasonably upset idiot. You live and you learn.

Edit 2: best photo I could find at the moment. This was less than 2 years ago. https://imgur.com/a/zhXWM36