Boy Prune

For years the local electricity company has been forcing residents to prune their large trees savagely, so that there are no branches within four metres of the wires.
The alternative is to cut down the trees entirely.

I opted for the latter, and although mine were nowhere near as grand, when I see this lot I wonder if I should have gone for the mutilation option.
This is a small selection of the trees bordering this property, and though I was horrified when they were pruned initially, I now find them quite striking, and almost appealing.