[Leica] IMG: Finally; A Pretty Day

[Jim Nichols]

That's a pretty descriptive definition, Don.

On 4/1/21 2:48 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Spring cleaning on the outside.
>
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 2:26 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>
>> After what seems like two weeks of rain, we have three sunny days
>> forecast.  I have a 4-person crew cleaning out the vines and trash trees
>> from my shrubs in preparation for trimming the shrubs. Boxwoods collect
>> a lot of vines and invasive plants in a year's time.  Here, the vines
>> were removed in preparation for a shaping trim.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210401-P4013809.JPG.html
>>
>> A homeowner can make a lot of poor choices in 50 years.  The utility
>> lines run above my rear property line. I originally planted white pines
>> well inside my property line. They got too tall, interfering with the
>> wires, so the utility company said they must go.  They offered me
>> several types of replacement plantings. I chose a species of holly that
>> seemed attractive.  Things were fine until the holly branches reached a
>> height that provided a resting place for the squirrels that use the
>> telephone and fiber wires as a "high road". The resting squirrels chewed
>> into the fiber bundles, requiring the replacement of a section of the
>> fiber line.  The utility company that had planted the hollies then
>> required that they be cut down, which they did, leaving stumps about two
>> inches high. These sprouted regrowth which is now about four feet high.
>> This photo shows the female member of the work crew shaping up the first
>> of the hollies.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210401-P4013821.JPG.html
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA