Name: Sandy B. Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b) (Zone 4b-maybe 5a)
LOL, Claudia -- the "trees" thing made me think of a "House Hunters" episode on TV that I saw, where the buyer-to-be didn't want any trees in the yard because "trees attract birds, which are too loud"
“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ Albert Schweitzer C/F temp conversion