Update on the tree: maybe not dead after all

Yesterday I visited Wendy's tree again, and saw some tiny buds on the lower part of the trunk. There are a dozen or so, up to about my chest height, so less than half way up the tree. I don't know if this means it's out of danger, but it still lives. Maybe Wendy has worked some special magic through its roots. I'll let you know more as soon as I do myself.