fall has fallen

this lovely pecan tree had millions of leaves on it last week.
this week it decided it was time to dump them on the ground.
erica decided to get them off the ground and burn them, a pretty normal fall-like activity.
i've totally underestimated the amount of effort it takes people to rake and burn leaves though. i see these people from time to time, with their rakes and their smokiness looking fall-like and picturesque.
it took a first-hand witness for the magnitude of this job to sink home.

what a woman.


i don't have what it takes. if it were up to me, the leaves would stay where they fell, gradually piling up higher and higher until one day they would cover my house with me in it.