I finished all the leaf raking and bagging yesterday. It took more than seven hours to do everything, including cleaning up my container garden, saving what potting soil I could, and putting the containers back in storage ( Read more... )

I finished a new painting, but my ancient computer won't allow me to post it to LiveJournal at this time. Here's the link ( Read more... )

I've got fifteen 39-gallon bags of maple leaves waiting by the curb so far. And I haven't even started raking the backyard lawn, aargh! My muscles are sore now and will probably be a lot worse tomorrow. At least the weather's cool but dry enough for yard work.

Starting last Friday I’ve been raking and bagging leaves for about an hour each day. I have to stop at that point because my back starts to hurt after an hour of work. I’ve finished the front yard and driveway. Today I start on the backyard. I have filled seventeen 33-gallon bags with leaves so far.