This year I decided to keep the leaf blower in the shed, and get the leaves up the hard way, with a rake and tarp. I did a little each day and finished in a week. It's a great cardio work out. I didn't do it alone, Dennis was there to lend moral support, and take a ride on the tarp.
Good excercise.
That is how i do it too, broom, tarp to collect on, and put in the bin.
With just 60 x 25 feet it is not much of an excercze but better as nothing ;)
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
Looks like lotsa oak trees... :)
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
We have two big oaks in our front hard and a maple at the corner of the driveway. A couple good rains and the first big snowfall of the season brought those leaves down RFN. The severe storms of a couple weeks ago blew most of them to elsewhere in the neighborhood.
Speaking of...it sure did go from "nice" to "winter" seemingly overnight. There are usually several days in late November where the temps get back into the 60s. Not this time.
"Everyone wants to be an AM Gangsta until it's time to start doing AM Gangsta shit."
In the old days we always cleaned leaves with a rake and a shovel. I remember countless fall afternoons raking and raking. That's why i love the leaf blower :) Of course if you live in a rural area there is no leaf cleaning. they just fall and the wind cleans them for you by blowing them into the woods.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
by January we'll be seeing warm temps in the 70's. Then come spring it will want to be winter again.Originally Posted by N8YX
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Dennis is being VERY helpful. He's a big beautiful guy!
I spent 4 hours trying to rake up leaves, and discovered, cactus 'aint got any. Who Gnu?
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Dennis is a pretty boy. I'm glad to see him helping.
Cats are always a big help with household chores. Mine likes to assist in changing the bed linens by laying down right in the middle of it when I go to put the sheets on. One time I just went right ahead and made the bed as if she wasn't there. Oddly enough, not only did she stay in place through the whole process, she seemed to enjoy it and didn't want to get out from beneath the sheets for some time afterwards.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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