The “It” is the white topped green Tee Post in the center of the image. Little trees need support, and yeas ago I pounded that post into the ground near what was at the time a tiny tree. I then carefully tied the tree loosely to the post. Poinciana trees are beautiful at times. Unfortunately they are also very brittle and between the hurricane a few years ago and the freak storm last spring, many of its branches and its crown had been ripped off. I just didn’t feel comfortable up on a ladder with that tee post below me, so out it was going to come.

The shovel to dig out the soil from around the tree. The loppers to cut some of the roots growing around the tee post. The trowel to clean out the soil from the hole and the pipe wrench to twist the post when it became loose enough. Tee posts greatly resist being pulled out of the ground. This was my way of overcoming that reluctance using the tools I had at hand. Yes, I could have gotten the jack out of the Jeep and had a far easier time of it. But as the song goes, ‘I did it my way’.