[Trev]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

TREE MURDERER!

Sarettah...back in Louisville, our house had a huge yard and a *lot* of leaves. We had two gorgeous maple trees in our front yard that did the color thing, than dropped a ton of leaves on the yard. My husband did the rake thing, including the intensely cool "Daddy rakes leaves into a huge pile, kids jump into the pile, Daddy rakes the leaves up again...everybody has cocoa." Daddy used to have a little libation with his cocoa and mutter under his breath, but he loved those trees. Shade, privacy, and just the sheer beauty of them. I've always said "if it doesn't have a tree it's not a fit house to live in."

We have some leaves in our yard now, but for the most part, the pepper trees, palm trees and yucca are unchanged. The leaves will be left there unless my husband is attacked with the desire to rake...which is unlikely.

The jade plant is in bloom. If you close one eye, tilt your head and squint, you can almost convince yourself there's snow on it. Almost.

Call me what you will, I'm one of these people that if "something" is creating work for me that I really don't need to do - I remove the "something".