@davisjames Thanks, Jamie!  We'll do our best to live up to being worthy of your vote-- the trees, music, and dulcimers are certainly deserving.  

Great melody and title... anything to do with trees,music and dulcimers you've got my vote,laugh.

Oh, my goodness-- years ago, that would've been some majestic tree to see and sit under, @nate!  

Here, lots of logging is being done, some selective and some not.  We still live with the environmental degradation of mining done long ago-- the area was mined both for coal and clay.  (There were also many gas wells.)   A fellow we know told me one of the nearby villages, the village in which he lives, is built atop a clay mine.  He said when he was young (he's in his 70's now, I think), he would be at his grandparents' house just outside the village and could hear miners underground working-- and he was above ground!    

When I saw the width of the stump, I jokingly said "that must have made a lot of matchsticks."

It was big enough that I could lay on it with a few feet above my head as a 6'3 person. The tape measure said it was 10 feet between the most distant edges.
Its no doubt a terrible shame that trees older than America are getting removed for such unimportant reasons.
The ravaging of native ecosystems is really heartbreaking, and this song really captures that mournful energy.

Wow, 10', @nate !  That must've been some tree!  

Lucky for us, we can see some large Oaks out our West windows-- there aren't a lot of them yet we're grateful for any large trees which remain in the area.  There was lots of deep mining for coal here and I imagine areas above the deep mines can't support trees which are a couple (or more) centuries old.     

Not far from us, hills are being stripped of trees.  It is an awful thing to see yet it is private land and nothing can be done to stop it.  And so much animal habitat loss-- it's heartbreaking.   

I recently had the pleasure of seeing the stump of the largest oak tree in Oregon, just a few weeks ago. The tree had become a hazard after years of decay, and needed to be removed, or else it might fall on nearby houses. Still, the stump is around 10 feet across, and tells the story of an incredible tree. No doubt, there were many equally impressive trees that were chopped down for lumber in that area.