A Little Front Yard Make Over

I've been wanting to tackle my front yard for some time. Eventually we are going to do a complete re-do by ripping out the lawn and doing a whole water wise landscape. For right now I am just going to settle for a yard that doesn't look like a jungle. This morning I finally got to it. I trimmed all the over grown bushes, dug up the plants I no longer wanted, and mowed the lawn. It's nothing special, but I think a major improvement. What do you think?

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