{Bye-Bye Confederate Jasmine...}

After decades of having our Confederate Jasmine climb up to the balcony and forming a canopy around our bedroom's French doors; husband Pieter took it down. It got very bare in spots and no longer was pretty. So I like to show you the last blossoms of this year and say Bye-Bye Confederate Jasmine.

Beautiful in April, for the very last time...

With our bi-fold shutters inside, we don't actually need this shade canopy as much as in years past. You can read below about {Going Green for our Bedroom} in a previous post, about Pieter's clever Masonite bi-fold doors, that he transformed into shutters for a fraction of the cost of ready made ones.

On the left of the Italian cypress, you still can see the Confederate Jasmine where it did climb up on a rack. 

The one on the other side of the balcony had died several years ago so we only had half of it...

You also see to the right our 'Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold' or Golden Live Oak.

Bye-Bye Confederate Jasmine...

GONE already, this morning. The huge fig tree to the right is also cut off partly and that one needs to go.

For being able to have the house pressure washed again and painted, this is also needed.

Do you take down things like that too after decades?

It always gives us a sentimental feeling... 

Sorry for the birds that used to nest there and sleep at night but we do have enough trees for providing nesting and sleeping spots.

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{Going Green for our Bedroom + Confederate Jasmine in bloom} | previous post by me