A response in avoidance of the Daily Post’s Writing Prompt https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/sudden-shifts/

So, yesterday, the tree trimmers came to prune our apple and cherry trees, and trim a few of our unruly shrubs.  I, of course, forgot completely to take “before” pictures, and only have some afters.  Doh!  That’s what happens when they come first thing in the morning before I have had enough coffee to activate the old brain cells.

Here is the new shape of the apple tree, not trimmed in 20 years, I am sure, and now NOT banging into either our house or the neighbours’.

Camellias all under control now (and ready to bloom)

The cherry tree with all the dead wood gone, and room to move under it now!

And to round things off, here are a few random shots from the garden where more is popping!

And a couple of those random “looking around” pictures from the backyard…

And, finally…