glorious fall

The world looks so glorious right now.  From my backyard to the west, I see this:

To the east I see this:

(I strategically edited out the neighbors blue pool slide, 'cause it kind of wrecks the view for me.)

All my favorite colors, as far as the eye can see!

While making dinner last night, out the window I spied Harry and Bekah with our the leaf rakes. Every year, the first time the rakes come out, the kids are always excited to rake leaves. They drag the leaves into piles and jump in them and it all seems new and exciting.

By next week however, when we are positively drowning in leaves and the raking becomes a mandatory chore, they will change their minds....

Oh well, at this point ignorance is bliss!