A year ago, near the end of June, a thunderstorm rolled over Paris and left a number of trees in the north-west of town spectacularly damaged. On my way to work the next morning, there was a plane tree right outside my métro station that had snapped a good meter above the ground. Here is what happened over the course of the following year:
clean-up a day or two after the thunderstorm
almost two months later, the tree attempts survival
It made a big effort over the next few weeks!
Two month slater (November), it was cut down 🙁
At the beginning of December, even the stump had disappeared.
A day later, a sign was put up.
It said, a young tree will be planted here.
And 4 weeks later (end of December), there it was!
The young tree in daylight on the last day of the year.
Fast forward to spring: the new tree in March.
The tree living its best life (for a Paris street tree) in April.
And here we are full circle, a year later, almost to the day.
