Tree Mystery Solved!

No more calls - we have a winner. Lucie asked a Belgian colleague about our mystery tree of doom (see the October 4th post) and learned that this tree, originally from Chile, is known as the Monkey or Monkey Puzzle Tree! The Latin name is Araucaria araucana, if you want to learn more on Wikiepedia. Evidently the name comes from a quote that "it would puzzle a monkey to climb that." Not only that; it would *hurt* a monkey, or any other living thing!