A little observation … 

It is certainly not your typical evergreen. In fact, there’s nothing evergreen about it, because its branches have to be replaced. And it’s branches aren’t really branches. They’re camouflage for that infamous Rumson cell tower.

We’re thinking that everyone knows and has always known it’s not a tree. It’s pretty obvious. And when the tower was first erected, it was a definite conversation piece around the towns.

And though the novelty of that conversation has worn off a bit, when the “tree” is getting a coiffing, the chatter starts again.

Towering over all trees, there it was years back when first erected — the nouveau tower tree, tree tower, or something like that. It was supposed to blend in. But, visible from a ride over the Oceanic Bridge’s Middletown side, the “tree” jutted up like a branched beacon rather than a member of the Rumson “blended” evergreen family.

But, who knew that the branches needed to be replaced now and again? Well, apparently, they do.

Rumsonite Jenifer Weber-Zeller caught a glimpse of the branch refreshment project herself a couple of days ago.

And here it is — not so ever green and branching out.

Now, that’s a tall order of a tree to climb. More proof that it really ain’t easy being green …

— Elaine Van Develde