My house in Washington is surrounded by wet leaves.
I had to surrender and don my trusty Gortex shoes and my Gortex jacket and brave the wind and wet to rake.
While raking I found some pretty color. I filled a large yard waste bin and 3 extra trash cans with leaves and some bush clippings. Hope the yard waste truck gets here before they all blow away!
This bush in my yard is sporting the best fall color. Have a great Monday everyone…
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The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Leaves are beautiful but such a pain to rake up LOL Nice photos 🙂
Beautiful color Ellen. A leaf blower doesn’t work well on wet leaves. Oh well, raking is good exercise.
Oh I so feel your pain! One tree finishes and the next tree starts!
Uggg, the work…but OH THE BEAUTY….makes me very thankful for our HUGE compost pile in the far corner of our yard.
You exchanged California sunshine for ‘wet leaf bliss’. Enjoy!
You’re so lucky to be surrounded by such beautiful fall colors…we’re experiencing 77 degrees in our lovely hamlet of Ana’s Home. Enjoy some cool weather for me Ellen B. 😉
xoxo Cori G.
Oh I forgot to mention how gorgeous your tree is!!!!
I love that shiny red leaf among all the gold and brown ones!
The first think I noticed when I was there last week was the delicious clean air. It smelled sooooo good!
Love the very wet red leaf and the tree has awesome color!
I hear there are storms coming through the PNW — more leaves on the ground to come!
stop complaining – thats nothing… I’ll send pix of real leaves to rake 🙂
Hey…Josh already filled the yard waste bin and 4 trash cans before I got here! :0)
I love raking leaves. It’s somehow relaxing to me and it’s one yard chore I don’t mind. Your bush is amazing!
That maple is a sight to behold, Ellen! Thanks for sharing that glorious shot!
rake?
you raked?…ruke?….racked?
what is that word??
anyway, why did you rake?
I’ve never understood the fascination with a rake…..folks ooo and aaahhh about all the pretty colors on the lawn. they they reked them up.