I was at a restaurant in town made out of an a collage type old house. The landscaping was really charming. I've watched the plants grow and yesterday noticed the once small tree has grown tall in the past 10 years. The needles are short, soft and curly or in a spiral form. I don't know if this is a pine tree of some sort or some other type of conifer. But I would love to have one in my yard. It was pretty narrow as pine trees can be, while others can be more rounded. So it works great next to a picket fence and then the a main street's sidewalk. Anyone have ideas on what this conifer is?