This Too Shall Pass

It was such a nice day out we had both dogs and almost all of the cats outside. Lilly and Sheba soon tired of the wide open areas and asked to be let back inside where all was safe. Myrrh, on the other hand, continued to explore. We spent the rest of the day removing all the beautiful leaves that fell in our yard. Along with the oak leaves came the largest quantity of acorns I have ever seen. The squirrels should have a comfortable winter! These had not been raked together at all, I just removed the leaves and this was underneath! I cleaned the leaves from the gutter while Cheri blew leaves off the front yard using the electric blower her mom and dad got me for a present last year. It really does the job, blowing at over 200 mph, according to the directions.

Then we burned the leaves under the trees in the front woods so the shrubs and weeds would be cleaned out. After Cheri blew off the drive and went inside, I figured out how to use the blower to suck up leaves in the back yard. It really does a good job turning the leaves into little ground up parts that will be good for mulch. A friend said I need to add lime and nitrogen to them because they are mostly oak leaves.

Lynks followed me around the house as I worked. She finally found a safe place to watch what we were doing without fear of being blown or mowed up.

Last night we were entertained by the antics of our three female siamese cats. Here are Myrrh and Lilly pretending to be bookends.