The trees around our house are relatively small (so far) but our cabin is another story.

I figure there are at least a hundred Western Red Cedars that are over 150 ft that could hit the cabin if they fell the wrong way. And they do fall - two summers ago it was especially dry and three fell nearby while we were there - the earth shook. And last year just before we got up there, one had come down just 20 ft away, parallel to the cabin - would have left us a pile of kindling.

But they are magnificent giants, and when the sun shines on rain falling way down through their branches, it feels like Eden.