Bridal Wreath Spirea

Okay, I was washing dishes this morning, minding my own business, looking out our kitchen window, noticing how our backyard ferns (see previous post) were looking unusually tall, when I noticed our neighbor Jim walking around his back yard. I thought it odd since it is so difficult to see any movement in Jim's back yard due to the bridal wreath spiria bushes. That was when it hit me. The bridal wreath spiria bushes were gone! Now, the flowers on bridal wreath spirea bushes appear at this time of year for only a short period so I'm glad I took a couple of pictures of them a few days ago. I ran into Jim a little later today and he told me he felt they were starting to die out and that he was tired of trimming them. What could I say? They're his bushes, but, to be honest, I could cry...