Is Ivy taking over the planet?

Plants are good for the planet, though.
They absorb "things".

Nearly "absorbed" my cottage.

I've cut a couple more branches through mine this evening.
More bats flew out.

Bars - how exciting

Bats 🤣

Bars, I suppose I'm lucky it wasn't iron ones.

I love watching the bats on summer evenings.
They fly round and round our one tree as if they're on a manic merrygoround.

I've always wondered where they went during the day, so now I know.

The ivy nearly absorbed our brickwork. When it had to be removed to repair a shed roof, it took out a lot of the brickwork as well. The wall had to be partially rebuilt and entirely repointed.

i did not let the ivy grow back.

I think I'd better stagger out and cut a few more branches down.
I reckon the whole block will fall down if if don't do it.

My cottage garden walls were full of ivy, it trailed over the wall on to the side street, anyway caught the florist cutting huge clumps of it to put in her wedding bouquets, (I always thought it was supposed to be unlucky)- anyway she did a deal any presents I bought i would take to her & she would wrap up fancy 😊
Asked this fella to cut it all back, I was devastated to see it all scalped, my secret garden was all bare.. he said it would grow back! My god he was right, back thicker than ever. True it does get into the stone & brick work, it can even lift your roof tiles 😩

I think you're supposed to cut stuff down in autumn if there are bats in it, l think they hibernate, l also think some all? are protected. I might be wrong. We don't have bats here just sharks and jackdaws - no ivy either.