FALL IS FALLING ALL AROUND

It was last Saturday’s rain that started it all. Sort of shaking the trees and loosening the leaves. By Sunday morning you could see the leaves starting to gather on the lawn.

Then the wind got into the action sending even more leaves down to cover the ground.

Then last night’s rain storm not only send baseball players and fans running for cover … it also covered the lawn with a new layer of multi-hued leaves. This morning I found the yard completely covered with leaves. Recalling the days of my youth and the fragrant smell of leaves burning in tall bonfires, I almost considered raking the leaves up. Then I remembered that it was against the law to have leaf burning bonfires. No, I’d have to run the power-mower over the lawn and catch the chomped up leaves in the mower bag to dump on the compost piles. Drat, they really take all of the romance out of maintaining a lawn these days! But since the lawn and leaves where too wet to pick up with the mower, I put the lawn cleanup  job off to a sunnier day. Instead  I picked one of the bright red leaves off the lawn, and went inside to relive those wonderful memories of yesteryear with a bit of creative photography.

MEMORIES OF FALLEN FALLS