Clearing the Land

 The overgrowth of the underbrush got to be too much. Especially the monster from Hell, those  giant multiflora rosa bushes with lethal thorns. They've threatened to overwhelm the shed at the end of our lot, and completely obscured the grape vines growing on the old swing set. Those dastards even had the temerity to attempt to smother the Hydrangea, the second one my mother gave me, the one near the shed. The Honeysuckle that Dorothy gave me years ago when she was refiguring her landscaping also fell victim to their ravages.   Every time I've attempted to prune the wicked bushes back, I've been jabbed with their spikes.
   Today some workers came and removed most of the bushes and also trimmed the yew trees in our driveway, so that it is a clear passage for even the tallest vehicles.  I neglected to take any "Before" pictures, but here are the "Afters."