![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9EGHm55hCjoGQTT71eA45egRZbq8l3wKH0Kujqv6ARSRbl_qz6OdYM2Fn_nHbNqNuM_E6UV7O7WUAl0C2XbqdPr42w5W7obfvM2zJJVnVCedYx52sFiA7gh4vDZzj6820YJI8Q/s400/Hedge%20Trimmer%20Victims%20-%20Hibiscus.jpg) | It'd been a year with no trimming of any kind for the border plants and small trees, not to mention the vines and weeds. I don't mind a slightly wild yard, mind you, but it was getting hard to mow around them and the holly, in particular, wasn't playing nicely when the ball rolled that way. I didn't kill the hibiscus, I don't think, but I did take off a bunch of flowers and got it back on our side of the fence. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaMuc_bOg6755HwR3RL_tysOI25TvgY3uNCG2aRNSDS1h4j2Tb6Nsv7gGi0xj7bDrF1qXyeUmp0-k_xUN__HcPmAbNDE5x-nguo098Wu9-MkMzgCTCSnG8WNvuZjxSmbvC8FHmQ/s400/Hedge%20Trimmer%20Victims%20-%20Tiny%20Spider.jpg) | I'm sure the spiderweb didn't survive the trimmer, but I'm sure the spider lived to spin another day. It'll just have to move a lot further in, now. I do wish the picture had come out better, but after swinging the hedge trimmer around for a while, my arms just didn't have the patience for a lot of that shoot-check-shoot again-check again stuff. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDeCz7jaD3fHUpFthjXXvx9FViN5YqI-Rlfxf4odmAvrC3R9zOIEimHUlu8dTYC1ek_xIDPXeMXFxXZ7EMn0r-qhkei1Xtwlbmql9lTh7JJSn-jIvUsm_x57eB1zbH0ZhN2AgqA/s400/Hedge%20Trimmer%20Victims%20-%20Wasp%20Nest.jpg) | Here's a sight you really don't want to stumble on suddenly in the midst of a vigorous trim! Fortunately, the wasps were out and about, or something. Just one flew around for a bit, and I continued on my destructive path, unmolested. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqr49PetoLozDXeQYjdYYgMrrXU3lw6jczDGP4LQaSmOxYq1B42_r7fGEejXAKu8N5q4gowdbO1fiGGVbo8CzYpnrLxosYtsqxbdntPSdm3wa3sSgpp6CaY8ooYs_XcJJ23tC3QQ/s400/Hedge%20Trimmer%20Victims%20-%20Baby%20Caterpillar.jpg) | Actually, this little worm/caterpillar/larval something is probably just fine. Maybe even happier with the new layer of foliage on the ground to burrow around, though that won't be there long: tomorrow the mulching mower does the cleanup! |
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