From Kirk Watkins, on Monday, August 2. Later, Kirk hung a brass plaque on the North Georgia Canopy Tour with "This Skybridge was built by Tyler Anderson" inscribed.
Dear John and the Bonsai family,
Please accept our deepest sympathies for the loss of your dear friend and colleague, Tyler Anderson. Tyler was a wonderful man – soft spoken yet passionate, diplomatic yet uncompromising, principled yet caring, socially adept and loved to sleep in his tent. He lived his life with a closeness to nature as no one else we have known. There were not many minutes of any day which he did not pack the full measure of living. Tyler was always ready to smile. He was a combination of seriousness and humor that blessed everyone who knew him.
We kidded Tyler about the cow that systematically escaped from the nearby pasture only to come stand by his tent each night. That cow, who escaped from our neighbor’s pasture with regularlity while Tyler was on site, has not once left its pasture since Tyler removed his tent. Like the rest of the Bonsai people we worked with, Tyler loved to build fine structures in the forest while fully respecting the trees environment and animals that inhabitat the area. He had great joy in what he did and was secure in the knowledge that the structures he was creating would bring joy to thousands as he moved on to some other great experience of life.
Tyler was a free spirit with love and purpose. He will be missed by all who knew him.
Kirk & Leah
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