Jimhardy, I think that's Andy that lives in Livonia, MI. You can put me on your list. I'm in Grosse Ile, Michigan 48138. Weather.com says we're only supposed to get down to 34 degrees tonight, just as warm as the city of Detroit(luckily), while most other cities in our area are forecast to get down into the mid to upper 20s- Burrr! Although, the local weather man says I'm supposed to get down to 30, and the city is gonna get down to 32, so I'm not sure who to believe. Supposed to get close to record low temps tonight. I brought everything potted inside yesterday just to be on the safe side, even all my potted windmills. I'll usually leave them out through the upper 20s, but I figured leaving them out in the cold this late in the season would slow their growth back down again. Hope eveybody's bananas(and potted Roebellinis) make it through. Not really sure if my basjoo is still alive. I have a stump, seems very firm in the ground, but no signs of life yet.

at my first house .. i had what i presumed was a 50 year old apple ... it seems it had bark like that ... what a PIA tree ... it was the basis of my hatred of fruit production trees in a flower garden ... who really wants to prune annually.. and spray 3 to 5 times per year .. and if you dont.. who wants all the rotting fruit and stoned bees and wasps in fall .... [the rotting fruit ferments] ... from the few orchards i have been at.. most of their high production trees... are recycled in a much shorter cycle ... young trees producing better.. etc ... but .. that is not to say ron.. bboy ... embo ... is wrong ... it was a WAG on my part ... we will have to wait for the flowers ... but its still an ugly tree.. and i would tend to get rid of it.. ESPECIALLY.. if it were outside .. in front of .... my new castle ... and i would do it w/o guilt ... kill a tree.. plant a tree.. net zero to mother earth ... but when that happens.. in tree terms... i would probably study it this year... get tired of it next year .. etc ... it would just be in the back of my mind ... creeping ever forward.. toward action ... ken

Moni- I knew it couldn't actually be in Tahlequah, its way to small to have something like this. Growing up I had relatives that lived between Stillwell and Tahlequah, I spent every summer there. My friends never knew where I was talking about so one year I bought a shirt in Tahlequah that said "Where the heck is Tahlequah?!?" Seeing your post brought back fond memories of my childhood and that hilarious shirt. :)

Thanks all! I’m sitting here with this sad tree that we put SO much effort into. ==>>> you made a decision since you wrote this ... but lets get your head straight for this time of year .... no matter what happens... you are making.. made .. a memory ... most likely you arent going to remember an uneventful tree .. this one.. you will remember forever.. lol,.... and you are already on that journey ... and you will remember.. the year you got to decorate twice .... have a great holiday ... ken btw: here in MI ... they sell magnetic sheets ... that you can cut to the size of the register/vent ... and slap it on... and it self sticks ... 3 for 5 bucks or some such ... this will remove the direct flow of air on the tree .. which will really help ... and it will redirect the air to other vents.. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=magnetic+sheets+for+heat+registers&t=ffcm&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images