Cloud of Fallen Leaves
Four hours of raking leaves into piles and another six hours of raking from the piles onto a tarp to be dragged to my compost pile in the corner of my yard means two days of yardwork, every year. Last year, I decided this old body needed some sort of relief, so I bought a gas-powered leaf blower. At twenty pounds, the backpack is not uncomfortable, and the leaves are blown into piles within ninety minutes. It may be a timesaver, but it still takes two days to move those leaves. I’ll be happy when they can finally be teleported.
cloud of fallen leaves
moves at high velocity
chipmunks on the run
This is my response to Haibun Monday: aki no koe (Autumn’s Voice),
the prompt from Linda Lee Lyburg at dVerse ~ Poets Pub.
The top image is my leaf pile, which fills to the top every year
This is just one quarter of my leaves
(And yes, chipmunks scattered from one pile as I started to rake it onto a tarp)
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I do not look back on leaf-raking days fondly. It’s good exercise but that’s about all that can be said in its favor. Love the visual of chipmunks bailing out of the pile.
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Thank you, Lisa. And I agree about the lone attribute of raking.
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It’s amazing how many leaves just one tree can drop!
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Times 40, here!
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Wow!
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Amazing haibun Ken, and wow- that is a LOT of leaves!
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Thank you, Linda.
And thanks for the prompt.
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My pleasure!
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A poem after my husband’s heart!
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Ha!
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🙂
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I can see those chipmunks! (K)
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They don’t often sit still.
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Ha, I’m looking forward to teleportation for many reasons!
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😀
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We have decided to leave the fallen leaves… they will compost in situ anyway.
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I’ would have a fulltime carpet.
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