As promised...

[rivka]

...pictures of our ivy disaster.

Looking along the length of the disaster. I think this picture actually understates the mess, but it's the best we have:


A couple of side views showing how far the ivy extended from the wall, and with our trash barrel providing scale:




These dark glossy leaves belong to one of our magnolia trees, buried in ivy:


Where the ivy should have been:


A Gothic close-up, in case the full horror has yet to strike you:

Comments

[maureenkspeller.livejournal.com]

Oh my – that much ivy. I really hadn't begun to get a grip on what this meant. Thank you so much for photographing it.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Oh my – that much ivy. I really hadn't begun to get a grip on what this meant.

Hee! That's what everybody says. That's why we insisted that our landlords actually come out to the house and look before they made their removal plans. Sure enough, the tenor of their suggestions changed completely.