Over summer weekends, I go and spend a few hours every day on a bench on a less used path below the castle. I read, rest, and just be.
![Branches full of red leaves, with lightly clouded blue sky peeking through the canopy.](https://i0.wp.com/c306.net/spkeasy/wp-content/uploads/wp-1708814911815427963723609477761.jpg?resize=660%2C879&ssl=1)
![A part of a large red leaven tree on one side, and a fraction of the castle keep on the other, with grey sky in between.](https://i0.wp.com/c306.net/spkeasy/wp-content/uploads/wp-17088149119537856498704709941555.jpg?resize=660%2C879&ssl=1)
![A large red leaven tree's canopy](https://i0.wp.com/c306.net/spkeasy/wp-content/uploads/wp-17088149121236904368520819514809.jpg?resize=660%2C496&ssl=1)
Opposite the bench was a beautiful tree with red leaves. I loved laying under the tree’s beautiful red canopy. It was great for my head and heart. It was my favourite place to be when I wasn’t working or with Chewie.
I went to castle grounds today for the first time in a couple of months. It was a beautiful, if chilly, day and I wanted to spend some time in the quiet with my tree.
The tree is missing. All that is left is a stump. They cut down my big, beautiful friendly, red tree 😭
![A view from above of my bench. The cut top of my tree's stump is partly visible just on the other side of the wooden fence.](https://i0.wp.com/c306.net/spkeasy/wp-content/uploads/wp-17088149109475732034882284112286.jpg?resize=660%2C496&ssl=1)