It's now light again when I catch the bus home, so I've been able to see that the spiky tree is still there. It has some remaining flowers but its leaves appear to have fallen.
A tremendous, complicated MacMansion is rising very, very close to the huge oak tree on the site of the two tiny houses. The inhabitants will be just about able to touch the tree from the upstairs windows. Roofing was being stapled on today. The same guy who used to do physical jerks in the morning on the sidewalk outside still does, until the builders arrive.
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