Disappearing into thin air

When you cut down a tree, what really happens to it? It just disappears. When you put trash in the dump, where does it go? I mean, can a boot really just disintegrate?

I wonder what sort of rationale they used for timing things in the game. A tree takes days to grow, trash disappears in a day, your house gets a radical expansion overnight. It seems that bothersome things take less times and highly anticipated things like a tree blossoming take longer. Perhaps that's what keeps us hooked to the game: the things we really want to see happen just take longer.

I donated a painting I got from that traveling salesperson once, and it just hung in the gallery. That was the only painting I had ever gotten. Why are they so rare?

Nature day was a bust. I got a tree model from the mayor. There didn't seem to be any sort of celebration, just a lot of scolding from Mr. Mayor. He reminded me to take care of the environment and plant some trees and flowers. Not very educational or fulfilling if you ask me. The good thing is that I got the tree model which will make an awesome edition to my house.

Ryan, have any of your characters ever asked you to plant flowers near their house for their girlfriend? I did that today and I didn't get any response from the character even after I did it. Who is this girlfriend anyway?

Sorry for all the questions. My head is in limbo.