Afternoon with the Leaves

One lazy Sunday afternoon the kids decided they wanted a pile of leaves to jump in.  A few minutes later I peek out the window to see how they are coming to find that they had pulled out their sand buckets from the garage and were painstakingly filling up the buckets and dumping them into a pile.  So what does a caring mother do?  That's right; I called to Dave and sent him out to rake up a pile of leaves for the kids.

I remember the first time jumping into a pile of leaves and expecting the landing to be a lot softer then it actually was:)

Sweet Jonah

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"A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle of leaves with each step I made. The acoustics of this season are different and all sounds, no matter how hushed, are as crisp as autumn air."

- Eric Sloane 

Pumpkins in the cornfields
Gold among the brown
Leaves of rust and scarlet
Trembling slowly down
Birds that travel southward
Lovely time to play
Nothing is as pleasant
As an autumn day!
-John Donne-

             

October gave a party;

The leaves by hundreds came -

The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,

And leaves of every name.

The Sunshine spread a carpet,

And everything was grand,

Miss Weather led the dancing,

Professor Wind the band.

George Cooper

October's Party.