Autumn Days

After a late start, the leaves have turned in Virginia and are filling up our yard. Yesterday, we started to rake the leaves. As I recall, the last time I remember seeing so many leaves on the lawn was the during the years of my childhood when I lived in New Jersey. Our house in Missouri did not have enough trees. Boston was too urban. We lived in an apartment complex in Dayton. Colorado Springs didn’t have the right trees for colorful leaves and the wind blew away the leaves we had anyway. In Virginia, the leaves have been beautiful this year and have blanketed our lawn with bright shades of red and yellow.

If leaves are to be raked into piles, then little boys will jump into them (or fall into them). Blue Suit Little Guy is no exception. Blue Suit Baby Girl, not to be outdone, sat in a pile of leaves.