NICE THING ABOUT THE FRONT YARD IS OUR WILLOW OAK TREE.   IT IS THE CHAMPION WILLOW OAK TREE IN A 25 COUNTY AREA OF TEXAS. THIS IS PER THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE.

IT CAME FROM NATCHITOCHES IN 1973 AS A GIFT FROM MR WAILES. IT WAS ABOUT 18 INCHES TALL WHEN HE REMOVED IT FROM HIS YARD. MARGIE AND I PLANTED IT IN OUR FRONT YARD THE SAME DAY. AS OF MAY 13, 2008 IT WAS 64 FEET TALL, 131 INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE, AND HAS A 70 FOOT CROWN.

LIGHTING STRUCK THE TREE IN AUGUST OF 2009 BUT IT APPEARS TO BE OK.  IT DID NOT SPLIT, IT JUST LOST A STRIP OF BARK.