Landscaping

Trillium Glass has begun work on preserving the stained glass windows at the front of the church (four in the vestibule) and the one above the altar on the south. As part of this, Aaron Lavallee from Trillium had to erect scaffolding, which required that we remove the giant yew under one of the windows. This got me to thinking that it's probably better without the yew anyway, since a) it's highly poisonous, and b) it blocks light from the basement. Which led to the thought that the giant holly next to it is also poisonous and there are a lot of little kids around here...

In the end, I've removed not just the yew and holly but also the boxelder next to them. I cleared out that whole bed, and I plan to replace them with a small Japanese maple and maybe a bench or statue. I think it will look cleaner and more airy without the bulkiness of those bushes, and it may also help keep that area drier and less buggy.