I am so lucky the tree missed! I’m guessing the branch fell 30+ feet and would have been very destructive if it hit. This is where it landed –Â it just missed the front bumper of my car.
I leave the headlights up all the time — in the winter I don’t want them to freeze while down, and in the summer the tree is always dropping stuff (usually much smaller!) on them and I don’t want the mechanism to jam.
Now look at the height this branch fell from…
![img_1908-480w The tree looming over my car -- like a tall, angry Ent.](https://www.ericshefferman.com/wp-content/uploads/img_1908-480w.jpg)