A friend of mine was here this weekend to drain my swamp cooler and cover it. He always blows off the roof while he's up there. With the weather we've had recently, and my house being surrounded by oak trees with some pine and manzanitas in the mix, he really laid a thick carpet of leaves around the house. Unfortunately, it started raining within minutes after he left and I didn't have the opportunity to blow the leaves off the walkway, deck, or front drive. It looks like Fall has literally fallen, everything is covered by this carpet of wet, slippery leaves. We had a dry day today and hopefully will again tomorrow so maybe I can get the blower out Wednesday and at least clear a path. With all this rain, I need to break out the lawn mower as well; Katie's becoming lost in the tall grass.
All my Halloween and Harvest decorations are set out and in another week, the Halloween stuff goes back in the box and the Thanksgiving decorations come out. My two oldest were born this time of year. My eldest will celebrate his birthday on Nov 5th and my daughter was a halloween baby. She thought it was really cool that on her birthday everyone got to put on costumes and went door to door and they all got candy and goodies. This coming weekend Katie and I will participate in 'Trunk or Treat'. This'll be our 4th year. She wears a jack-o-lantern costume. (I wear warm clothing and a jacket.) Weekend after next we return to standard time. The church ladies' Holiday Boutique is that weekend and I'm busily painting Christmas tree ornaments. Can the holidays really be that close? Next thing you know, it'll be snowing! Where in the world has this year gone?
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