TREES

Having a large yard is wonderful & having lots of mature trees on it is an extra bonus. The privacy they provide is amazing. But today when I looked out the window I briefly thought it was snowing, so many leaves were falling all at once. But by the time I got the camera out the snow storm of leaves had stopped (for today) I'm sure as the fall continues I will be able to get a picture & post it. Lets just hope that with hubby's regular upkeep of the yard there wont be 65 yard waste bags of leaves this fall & the same amount next spring. Last year was a killer for leaves & this year I can't imagine I'll be of any help to rake & bag the leaves.

The other down side to a lot of great privacy trees and fall is the amount of leaves that land in a clean pool. The weather here today is above 90 & the girls & I were outside for all of 30 minutes before they were complaining it was way too hot to stay outside to play. I quickly looked over at the pool which hubby spent hours cleaning on Saturday to only see MANY leaves covering the top.