Staying Alive

This is a pretty hard prune that they give the bushes here.  It’s done in December down here by the sea, the lowest growth period of the year I guess.  And this is one severe prune.

About a week later they look like this:

Just wait until spring.  They’ll be monstrous.

The lesson… living things try very hard to stay alive.   Hopefully that goes for people as well as plants.