I always know Summer is officially over when the pine trees in our backyard (the ones which I thought would spare us from endless leaf raking) dump all their pine needles. Dump and dump and dump. Every year. And although we have no deciduous trees in our yard, our neighbors all do, so we get their leaves too. It's fair, though, cause they also get our pine needles. :) When I got back from Utah it had dumped so much you could barely see the grass. We've got a pretty good system going, though. We take our blue swimming pool, scoop up as many needles as will fit in it, and drag it under the pine trees (into what the kids call "the forest") and pour it out. No bagging, less time, and the needles decompose naturally back there, just as they should. The upside for the kids is that they get to ride in the pool as I, poor soul, get to do the dragging. It makes for fun afternoons, outside, though, and it's become something they look forward to all Summer. The simple pleasures, right? Christian got in on the action this year too. That was a lot of fun to see. He can spread those leaf piles with the best of them, the little stinker.
Oh, and in case you're wondering why Bella's not in the pictures. She was having a girly moment in which the leaves were just too dirty for the dainty miss, so she asked that I take a picture of her standing away from everything. She makes me laugh.
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