Raking leaves again

This month we had to go through the seasonal task of leaf removal. We raked the front yard first, moving all of the leaves to the less-used side of the driveway where they sat for a couple of weeks while we worked on bagging them for pick-up. We understand that they go to some sort of giant community composting system, not just to the landfill. We filled up 30 bags of leaves, but that only got us half way through the pile, and we still had the back and side yards to rake. At that point I decided we should get some professional help.

A couple weeks later we moved all the remaining leaves in the yard and driveway to the ditch in front of the house. The pile in the ditch was huge: at least six feet deep and extending the full width of our yard. We had a lawn care service suck them up in a truck and haul them away. They quoted us $70 before they saw the pile. That's all they charged us, but after seeing the pile said that next year it might cost more.

Amos and the kids really enjoyed the leaf piles. Amos would get a tremendous running start and leap into the pile. He would bound around the pile, disappearing under the pile and bursting out in a spray of leaves. In many ways, he's much like a small human.





Had we ever posted any pictures of the house since we painted this summer?