The KingofHearts got tired of trimming our hedge row -- and listening to our good natured, but sometimes a little intrusive neighbor complain about how our hedge row was so overgrown that she couldn't see into our windows from her house -- last year so he pulled out these giant Chinese Elms we had surrounding the front yard. He replaced them with one of my favorite plants ever: the Burning Bush and then we stood on one foot and turned a circle counter clockwise while chanting "grow, grow, grow" while we prayed they survived the winter. I love them because in the fall, the outside leaves of the plant turn a vibrant red color, making the bush look like it's on fire. He loves them because they grow a lot slower than the Chinese Elms and that means less pruning... and less complaining.
Married, 40ish mom of two (or three, or four, depending on how you keep score) who stepped through the lookinglass and now finds herself living in curiouser and curiouser lands of Marriage, Motherhood, and the Washington, D.C. Metro Area.
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