Winter is progressing; a bit of cold weather, followed by a warm up, followed by a few cold days. Sometimes we get a wintry mix; sleet, rain, wet snow, other days it pours. Once ever so often the sun peeks out. So far there have been no blizzards and for that I am thankful.

 

This spring, while taking some pictures of the house, I noticed that it was barely visible behind a wall of green. Eleven years ago when we moved in, the builder had put in a few small trees and shrubs, as well as a lawn. While I was busy landscaping the backyard nature took over in front. Of course, I added a few flower beds around the trees in front, and then enlarged those. I moved plants from the back yard to the front and then added more. But while I was, literally, keeping my nose to the ground, those trees and shrubs were growing up and out and now was it time to do some pruning.