Adventurous Fun or Work?
Late Autumn and most of the leaves have fallen to earth and become brown and brittle. We are at the beginning of December, and have been fortunate to have some fairly warm temperatures and no snow. Many years we could not have waited so long to tackle this project. There have been a few days with very high winds which made our job much easier, and I told him we were only one or two wind storms away from not having to rake at all.
Raking leaves can be fun or a chore depending on what stage of life we are in. As children we might grumble a bit when asked to rake, but in the end it was more fun than work. Before scooping up the leaves we would always make a huge pile so we could run and jump into them. Of course by the time we were done playing, we had a bit more work to do to get them all dumped into the trees in the back of the property.
Now that we are adults it seems like one more monumental task to add to our list. It's no longer fun, and we tend to procrastinate for as long as possible before we begin the job. The raking is much harder on our bodies, and bending to scoop up the leaves can make our back ache for days.
Then we will reach a point in life where we really won't care if there are leaves blowing around the yard. So many other things that are far more important. We will let Mother Nature deal with the leaves, and in the end she will blow them all off the lawn for us.
Perhaps we should do ourselves a favor and either make piles of leaves to jump into, or just let the wind blow them away. As far as I can see, it's a win either way.
Raking leaves can be fun or a chore depending on what stage of life we are in. As children we might grumble a bit when asked to rake, but in the end it was more fun than work. Before scooping up the leaves we would always make a huge pile so we could run and jump into them. Of course by the time we were done playing, we had a bit more work to do to get them all dumped into the trees in the back of the property.
Now that we are adults it seems like one more monumental task to add to our list. It's no longer fun, and we tend to procrastinate for as long as possible before we begin the job. The raking is much harder on our bodies, and bending to scoop up the leaves can make our back ache for days.
Then we will reach a point in life where we really won't care if there are leaves blowing around the yard. So many other things that are far more important. We will let Mother Nature deal with the leaves, and in the end she will blow them all off the lawn for us.
Perhaps we should do ourselves a favor and either make piles of leaves to jump into, or just let the wind blow them away. As far as I can see, it's a win either way.
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