The Great Outdoors...

I've been trying to tame the great outdoors at the new house. It has been a hot and prickly job. Today, I cut down some trees. (Actually I think 2 of them were bushes, but perhaps bushes can be considered trees when they tower over your house.)
Maybe now that the trees are gone I won't have hundreds of pink feathery flowers on my car from the Mimosa. And hopefully, I have cut down the squirrels' stepping stones to the attic.
Here's a picture of my newly pruned greenery.


Before








After








There used to be a tree right there. Good-bye Mimosa!!








For those of you who may be concerned that I am working on these projects alone, I'd like to put your mind at ease. It seems the Wild Kingdom is my constant companion at this new house. Chipmunks, birds, bugs, spiders... and today we have a new addition...

I feel a little like Dr. Doolittle. (Except so far none of them have talked to me :-)