yard work 2
tackled the upper yards today
pruning raspberries and butterfly bushes
removing dead branches from the lilac
maple saplings, sassafras suckers from the shade garden
pulling up wild mustard with its white flowers
yanking out crowns of honeysuckle vine
rescuing (again) the fragile deciduous azalea
with its gorgeous peach apricot lemon blossom
neighbors are out too
this warm morning in May
Shade garden with hostas and the bleeding hearts:
Deciduous azalea, a long-ago gift from Kit, threatened by vines: