Tall oaks from little acorns grow...

So, here's the object of my concern, THE tree in all its magnificence... before and after pruning. The before photo was in May, the after in June. You can definitely see that it's airier and fluffier after its haircut.

BEFORE

AFTER

Trees
Joyce Kilmer

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.