I just went out and took this "After/Before" pic. That's after the old trees blew down and were removed and before the new ones are put in. I took out a couple of shrubs that I didn't like. Eventually all of the ones left in this pic will go away too.
The house is looking very "naked" right now.
There are a couple of vacant lots in our neighborhood and one of them is right across the street from me. Several times a year they scrape the lot for weed control and today was one of those days.