Mission Accomplished!

Finally got around to pruning those potentilla... No bandages or trips to the ER needed :-)

Discoveries:
That's a lilac bush at the end of the row - forgot it was there since the potentilla had almost outgrown it.

Wow - the stairs are wider than I remember.  You can't see them, they are just to the right of this pic, but they were getting covered from both sides.

Feels good to have gotten it done :-)