The Mermaid

Invasive vines took a back seat to another project this morning--the vanquishing of the Mermaid climbing rose which lives on a trellis in the back yard. Daisy the cat cannot learn not to jump into it in pursuit of songbirds, and so the Mermaid has come down. It was vigorous and the flowers were beautiful, but it had become like a wall of thorns in a fairytale.