The best and worst of Fall

Fall is such a beautiful time of year, except for raking leaves. I spent about 5 hours raking leaves this Saturday, while Frank cleaned the gutters. There will be much more raking to come, Yuck!


Doesn't look like much, nine 39 gallon bags. This is only the beginning.


The only empty tree in the yard.


One of the large oak trees in the backyard just waiting to give us more time with the rake.


Another 10-15 bags of leaves.


Maple tree on the side of the house, pretty to look at but not to clean up.


I just love this Japanese Maple. We have three in the yard, but this is by far the most colorful.


OB doing her best to help with the yard.