Finally got my backyard mowed yesterday and even cleaned up the first batch of leaves that are just starting to fall. :) Harbinger of what is soon to come. :(

Did you rake them int a big pile, then jump in?

So many leaves, so few explosives.

It's a slow day.

No pile ... no jumping in ... the lawn mower ate them and stuck them in a bag. :(

Darn, as a kid I remember how much fun we had jumping in piles of leaves or just hearing them crunch as we walked along a leaf covered path. Those were the good ol' days!

So, just rake the explosives into a big pile, and jump into that. For extra excitement, include blasting caps in the pile.

A week ago we had a power outage that ended up taking most of the day to fix. This morning, we had another (result of a heavy rain storm) but fortunately power was back in in about three hours.

Tomorrow is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

And they're extending it to the entire weekend, since it's on a Saturday.

Are it?

Arrrg! Shiver me timbers. It'll be a short walk on the gangplank ... Red Beard done broke da' board, me laddies.

Well, I hopefully got the algae problem in my fish tank under control. Turns out there was a lot of crap in the canister filter. I also managed to wash the dog, and clean the bathroom. I still have some laundry to take care of and make the bed.

Burning leaves! :D
I remember the smell of burning leaves in the air when everyone raked their tiny city lot leaves into the red brick street and burned them. Now outlawed many years ago. :( That smell is one of those neck snapping triggers to see where it's coming from for me. Every time I see one of those 'scented candle' booths in the store I look to see if someone has come up with that scent. Not yet! :tear:

People still burn leaves in my neighborhood.

You're lucky, Lilith ... one of life's pleasures preserved. ;)

I prefer the smell of burning cedar myself.

Aromatic woods-cedar, pine, etc-are toxic to reptiles. Bad thing to sue as substrate.