How Did My Mother Do It?

All those years growing up, she planted flowers and bushes and grew gardens.  She not only did that but she managed to keep everything alive and looking great!  I realized today just how freakin' hard it is to take care of things in your yard!

I had planned for the bushes in the front of the house to just get a quick trim.  Two hours later I was finally done! Eight bushes and a few plants that needed maintaining and then I had to clean all my mess up, ugh!  Granted now this was the first time I attempted to make the front yard pretty, but overall I think I did a good job, but man am I tired.  Oh and in the process of doing all this work, we have a baby snake, a black widow & a very large wolf spider living in our landscaping.  How do I know this?  I saw all three this morning!

My mom deserves so much credit that I never gave her for maintaining that HUGE yard I had as a child growing up.  It is really hard work!  Anyway, this is the final outcome:

What do you think?