Yes I used that f**k work in the title. There was a diary recently that showed that the majority of diaries that hit the rec list had this word in it but that is not the reason I used it. I used it because it was the only fitting word to describe how I feel.
I want revenge and I need your help on how to get it. Tell me how to get it with out destroying life, limb or property.
This is a political blog site and believe me this is a political diary. It is aimed at my conservative, bible-thumping, interfering, anal-retentive, racist, bigoted, SOB neighbors. And yes I can back up every one of those adjectives with examples they have provided over the years.
Last night I wrote a nice diary detailing events and time lines and asking for your input. But this morning it happened again and I just can't take any more.
Long story short. Several years ago a couple bought the house next door. Nice house with beautiful mature Red Maple and Blue Spruce trees in the back yard. Within six months of moving in they cut them all down because "they did not like the mess of falling leaves and noisy birds". I said to self - self shut-up and move on, not your property.
The fence separating my backyard from the Tree Murderers was covered with beautiful Virgina creeper vines that hid the ugly fence. I returned home one evening to find all of my vines gone - yanked out with the only explanation from them being "that they did not like them and removed only those that were on their side of the fence and those on my side must have just fallen off". Note to self - shut-up, move on, keep the peace.
My pride and joy were three maple trees that had seeded themselves on my property, about three feet in from the fence. I nurtured them along over the years and they are/were about eight feet tall. While nurturing them the couple told me repeatedly that they did not like the trees because they seeded themselves and therefore were weeds. Note to self: keep it zipped you are too angry. Not this time. I laughed in her face and said that they were trees, my trees, on my property and I liked them.
Well yesterday when I came home the crowns had been cut off all three trees. Now for those of you that don't know, cut the crown off a tree and it can no longer grow up, only out. My beautiful trees will grow no higher. I know who did it because our backyards are all fenced in with entry gates. Who would walk in off the street, into my back yard with the only purpose being to cut the tops of trees? A pool, a hot tub, BBQ, lawn furniture - but nothing touched except my trees. It would however have been very easy for someone to reach over the fence with a pair of shears and with one quick snip, the trees are no longer a problem.
I can't prove who did it. I can't talk to them because I can not trust what will come out of my mouth right now. It is said that revenge is a dish best served cold. I don't care about its temperature, I just want it.
Did my trees do this? Is that why my neighbor killed them?
UPDATE: I was so upset I called my tree-hugging, environmentalist son to rant. He just arrived with a little package and an extension ladder. He purchased a security camera and is going to install it under the eves (but not facing directly on their property because then they could complain about invasion of privacy). The camera will not be hooked up, but hey they don't know that.
Thanks for all the good suggestions offered. Maybe the camera and this rant will do the trick.