Fall. Falling. Fallen

It is the time of the year. Nope, I am not talking about the flu season, we have enough people in the world talking about it already. Nope is it not about winter season, simply because we are not there yet. It is not time for Christmas shopping either, not for me at least. For the longest time, Costco, Walmart and Sears has been trying to attract me with Christmas-themed merchandises and discounts, they are still unable to pry open my deadly grip over my wallet.

I am referring to the Fall season. I would like to believe that I am one of the top leave rakers in the neighborhood, producing more bags of leaves than average, year after year.

Not that I love raking leaves, don't get me wrong. All I am trying to do is to be a responsible neighbor in my area. Surely, leaves got blown around, and the later you rake it the less leaves you will have remaining on your lawn. But unfortunate for my back, that is not the way I operate. Exactly because leaves got blown around, if I don't do my part of reducing the amount of leaves on the ground, someone else will have to pick up my slack, and that is something that I cannot live with.


I started raking my front lawn this afternoon and in less than an hour I used up all 5 bags that I have, and only managed to take care of half of the lawn. I guess the battle continues tomorrow. But at least, I know I have made a difference, and I am happy that I have performed my civil duty.

[UPDATE] The final tally was 15 bags. 15 bags of leaves that I raked up from my front and backyard and I have a picture to prove. Take a look at the background. Do notice that my neighbor has also done their fall duty and they came up with 3 bags of leaves... hardly seemed fair :(