Trees, Pre and Post

Well, I finally got Lightroom working on my new computer. It took the "nuclear option" -- erasing the program entirely, as well as all of its past photo catalogs and the application that controls it, Creative Cloud. I tried to "uninstall" them but even the uninstall program gave me an error message, so I wound up just dragging anything that made reference to Lightroom or Creative Cloud into the trash and hitting delete. Then I was able to log in to Adobe using my regular log in and download a new, updated copy of both Creative Cloud and Lightroom (which is apparently now referred to as "Lightroom Classic").

I have all the photos backed up in both unedited and edited form, and of course I still have my old, creaky computer (for the time being) so I haven't lost anything. I can't imagine why I would need the old photo catalogs anyway. I think I'm fine moving forward.

It was such a relief to get that problem solved.

Otherwise, I spent the day doing stuff around the house -- more neatening up after our painting job, mainly. I re-hung parts of our bedroom curtains so they wouldn't droop so badly. We do intend to get better window coverings at some point. And I caught up on my blog reading, though I'm still behind on answering comments. Argh!

I never did post a picture of last week's tree-trimming job near the back wall, so here it is, in case you were curious. The tree guy removed a ton of ivy from this elder tree, but not all of it -- he kept the stems so we'd have some greenery at the top. I actually think it looks pretty good -- a bit bald and naked, like a new haircut, but it will grow out more naturally.

Here are some before shots from a few years ago, when we had a different tree-trimming crew neaten up this area. As you can see, the new look above is a big change.

Here's the tree on the other side, absolutely loaded with ivy, as well as a climbing rose. This is what I want the guy to come back and clean up, because he's already cut the main stem of the ivy and it's all going to die. I'd like him to remove the ivy greenery -- I don't mind if he leaves the bare stems that are adhering to the tree trunk, because I know they'd be hard to strip off. I just don't want all those dead leaves and branches hanging there. The rose can stay.

He hasn't called me back yet. I get the impression he's not that interested in doing this second job, and it would indeed be difficult. But I hope he follows through. We shall see.

(Top photo: Some graffiti on the "Black Path" near the railroad tracks.)