Out With the Old and In With the New

Can you guess which picture is the before and which is the after?  If you guessed the one on the left as the before, you'd be correct - if the question pertained to cleaning up the rubbish and cutting back the dead raspberry canes.  However, if the question was, which one was taken after a long, icy winter and after our kids had dumped their garbage around our raspberry patch, you could, technically, answer both (though one would hope that the condition on the left preceded the presentation on the right). 

If the question was, which picture was taken immediately before it started to rain and H and I called it quits outside, then the answer would be the picture on the right.  If I'd asked, which was taken shortly before deciding to take a day-off power-nap on the couch and before A decided to climb up on the couch with me for some wonderful "we really don't do this much anymore like we used to do when you were smaller and probably won't get to much longer because you are getting so big and will be in school next year" type of stolen slumber together, the answer would again be the picture on the right.  Although in this case, the answer is not as important as the question. 

Thanks to H and A for helping me have a somewhat productive and a very fun day-off and, hopefully, a productive raspberry crop also.  B