OK, so here's the river from worst to best view in the back of our house:
Worst view, north west yard, same area as 6th picture above, but taken looking north instead of west, and taken today (above was taken last year). This is where the river is closest to the house, but also where the greenery is heaviest. The blue in the middle is the river. Luckily, the sun came out a bit. Otherwise the river looks grey like the trees and is very hard to see. Shows just how many vines we still have to take out on this section of yard. DH cut down 3 small trees in preparation for removal of 2 larger ones by pros. One is the tree on the left - obvious even in this picture how girdled it was from the vines. The other on the right hand side had also been girdled and is splitting. The tree in the middle with bird house will remain. Luckily, we have a wood burning stove in the lower level, so we can put all this wood to good use!
And then the view that sold us on the house, north east yard. When I am too old to garden, I plan to sit in the sunroom and enjoy the view
