I went out yesterday to capture a couple of images of the garden.  It is mostly finished for this year, and I wanted to do a before and after comparison for you.  As I walked back toward the house, I saw how busy the skunk has been lately.

Much of our upper yard looks like this.  The skunk, or skunks, have been feeding well on the insects.  The warm summer was good for the bugs, but the skunk is evening the score–and that’s okay by me. :yea:

It was mid afternoon and Sylvia and I had just enjoyed some melon and were resting in front of the TV watching an episode of The American Bible Challenge.  The door bell sounded, I said it was probably the neighbor coming to help me trim some trees.  It was and he did.  My father-in-law’s old chain saw wouldn’t start for us, so we resorted to muscled power and pruning saw.

We trimmed back the cedar that was rubbing on the house.  We also ripped out a burning bush that was far too close to the house.  I’m not sure which of the two previous home owners had planted the tree and the bush in those locations, but they had to go. 🙁

It took four trips with the tractor and front-end loader to haul away the brush and debris from our trimming.  I soon had it done.  It should be a great night for sleeping. 😀