Water and weeds

Our dad is in town, and we took him over to the building to do some landscaping. We wanted to trim the bushes and trees that block the view of the building from the street. No one had pruned these plants in decades, so there was tons of undergrowth and dead leaves and branches. As you can see, we made great progress.

Here's Jill and Dad trimming away.

The "before" picture (note the tree blocking the view of the building, and the big ugly bush on the right)

The "after" picture

While we were landscaping, the concrete removal crew was busy jackhammering the concrete out of the building (on a Saturday!--I'm sure we're paying extra for that). Near the end of the day, they hit a pipe and started a water leak that required a special visit from Denver Water to turn the water off at the meter. I tried to convince the Denver Water people that it would save them time to go ahead and replace our old water tap while they were at it, but they didn't bite.