Thriller/Less Shade

Flipping channels this evening, I found a 1991 movie with Matt Dillon and Sean Young starring as the primary characters. I never cared for Matt Dillon in his "Brat Pack" days, but have since learned that he is a great actor: "CRASH". And I was impressed with Sean Young in the Kevin Costner movie "NO WAY OUT", so I decided to watch this listed movie tonite, titled, "A Kiss Before Dying." Have you seen this movie??? Assuming that this was a romance movie--dramatic and heartfelt, I was very startled that it is a very good mystery movie. I was on the edge of my seat as the movie played out. It is based on the novel by Ira Levin and is a re-make of a 1950's movie with the same title. Highly recommend this movie for a summer escape in front of the TV.

Zack worked in the backyard diligently today, trimming "sucker" limbs from a large backyard tree, trimming hedges, filling in holes left by a long term resident vole. (It is an annual occurrence---and a vicious cycle--very frustrating). As I left for a family wedding shower, he hollered at me from behind the gate, telling me there was a small tree he cut down adjacent to the tree with the errant limbs. "Fine, fine," I said, believing there was a smaller offshoot tree from the large one. Imagine my surprise when I got home late afternoon and discovered that he had whacked down a redbud tree. I was so sorry to see that tree decimated-----as you know from an earlier post, our privacy fence isn't so private on the north side due to every other slat gone to prevent flood damage when and if it floods again. This side faces the jogging trail and we have next door neighbors to the north who have a built up lot (they won't flood). The little redbud afforded some privacy to that side of the yard---no more. I guess the "trimming" just became "whacking" after a while. Anyone have any ideas for fast-growing shrubs, preferably evergreen to replace the little redbud tree?