Boxelder tree

Didn't get a chance to cut firewood last summer for the heating season this winter. Have been cutting daily, no small task in the cold when you have Parkinson's. The tree I'm cutting on came down in a wind storm two years ago, and has a trunk about 3 feet in diameter. Been around for a lot of life. It was the home for much of the native wildlife in the area, hard to imagine how many species and how many generations of each are here today because that tree was there. How many children, including or now grown web master, have climbed up in the branches to plan and marvel at their life, or be a part of nature to help them heal from the ravages of being a teenager growing up. And now... it's helping one more time in allowing us to heat the house without using gas or oil. Wisconsin winters can be tough! This old tree is tougher!! (and now warmer!)