Jim started yesterday with the front yard and it looked so nice to see a 'clean' green lawn, that I started on the back, then Jim came out to help....
I had to capture what looked like a MASSACRE of my bushes.
Sequel to Day of the Triffids???
Can you see Jim Scissorhands hiding there???
Phew! He decided to leave the burning bushes to my skillful trimming.
As I slowly went back to my raking, I caught a glimpse of a sign of hope tucked away in our beautiful maple that lost quite a few limbs in the last snowstorm. (In October!!!)
A seedling sprouting in the moss on the tree in what appears to be a heart in the bark!
Hate to say that little sprout won't make through the winter, but it was interesting to see new growth in the midst of all the dying leaves and plants around the yard.
Amazing too, that the grass is still green! It's November! We have already had two killing frosts and heavy snow!
How come we didn't have leaves when we had kids to jump in them? Not to mention rake them. One son was a landscaper for Pete's sake and took away other people's leaves...we could have used him today or at least his power blower!
Too bad there's no little Bell boys to jump in those piles...
By nightfall the leaves were gone and these two country folk were heading in for dinner and to soak their sore muscles in an effort to fend off the rigor mortis that was trying to creep in...
Note to viewer: Yes those are snow shovels leaning against the house. We had snow in October!!! Heavy, wet, snow that brought down tree limbs and caused power outages for days all around us. Just 30 minutes from us, people got 12"!!!
Then two weeks later....we are raking the leaves that finally came down.
