Seventy Degrees in November

It was, truly, seventy degrees today. Weather.com should have just put up a banner that read:

You can either hang Christmas lights or clean up leaves! God will punish those who stay inside today.

We cleaned up leaves. I am exhausted and leaf mold is up my nose and I have mud in my sinuses. I keep thinking that Gary and I are too old for this, and I wonder how my neighbors can have such tidy lawns. Then I realize they have children who are sent out every afternoon to collect the leaves.

If any of you are young and landscaping a house, I recommend you bear one child per bush, two children per tree. This may seem excessive to some, but remember twenty percent of those children will have asthma or allergies and will not really be able to pull their weight.

Actually, I wonder now if perhaps acreage should factor in. If you are having the kids to maintain the landscaping you should be able to get them to mow the lawn, too.

Comments

[TravelSkite]

I spent what felt like the whole of Sunday water-blasting the winter's gunk off the house. Standing at the top of a ladder holding the wand above my head, totally wet through, covered with paint flakes, chilled by a nasty little breeze that cancelled out the sun - I've had more fun getting a colposcopy.

[Hattie]

I rescued an ailing citrus tree. That was fun. I pruned it and mulched it and it was very grateful.

[Amy_in_Stl]

We spent most of Saturday outside, but actually spent Sunday doing mostly inside stuff. We didn't plan so well. Kind of like today when I'm walled into a brick box while it's lovely outside.

[Caroline]

Most of our neighbors opted for hanging Christmas lights. We replaced the garbage disposal. Clearly we made the wrong choice. Oh. Wait. We can't hang up Christmas lights because some jackass cut every strand we owned last time.

[TheQueen]

Big Dot - I'm ignoring the winter gunk. I'll ignore it until it's green and visible from the street.
Hattie - That is when MY citrus tree would die of gratitude.
Amy_in_StL - Well, lovely until the rain hit.
Caroline - Didn't anyone see who did it?