A little trim.......

We took down 2 dead trees in the backyard this afternoon. My friend's brother who runs a landscaping business took them down, in addition to cleaning all the debris that fell from the trees this winter, picking up all the brush, and cleaning up pine needles. It is amazing. The difference is HUGE! The yard looks great, and this is just the beginning! It really opened things up, and I am learning how to do some landscaping to tame this beast!!

Before:

when the tree fell down, I thought to myself "man, how is he going to get rid of all that without shoving it into a tree-chopper??", and as I watched, once again I realized it was not nearly as hard as I thought it would be! (granted, I wasn't out there doing the work.....but I saw HOW he was doing it!). And it is small and silly, but still- I learned, slowly but surely- hacking away at it just a bit at a time, and before I knew it- it was gone!

After:



And he even trimmed a bit of the big tree that blocks the view of the front door. There were a few discussions about possibilities for a real entryway/walkway, but we are putting that off for another year or so. Priorities baby, priorities....

This was a big project, and Felix & I are so blown away by the outcome. We did not expect it to look nearly this good!
By the way.....it is supposed to snow tomorrow. Seriously?!!! Crazy!