I’ve heard it said that women don’t remember the pain of childbirth, not really, because that’s the only way they’d ever be willing to go through it again.

Raking up autumn leaves is kind of like that. Oh, I like the raking part well enough. It’s what comes after, the scooping them into garbage bags so you can haul them away, that’s really tedious. I never remember from year to year how sucky that part of the process is.

Oh, well… it was still a gorgeous day and good to be outside.