You know what i love?

[Puglover1]

I love a day when one dang thing goes right, and nothing breaks.

[Going2fast]

you know what I love........taking a walk with the puppers on a brisk Sunday afternoon.

[3Berries]

And chocolate too!

[Bootsy]

Great way to start, or even continue a day!

[golfnrl]

I understand...I used to mow my own grass and rake my own leaves...until I came in off of a road trip to find my spouse had hired a yard guy. After I overcame the initial newness of paying someone else to do something I can do myself, it's worked out pretty well. I'll end up doing it myself again at some point, I'm sure. But, I'm at that time in life when every day can be a surprise healthwise, so I get it about the exercise and support.

[3Berries]

golfnrl
Ha well if it helps you understand, I use the rake to help support my wobbly butt. And I need to be doing something exercise wise. We had a huge yard in town when I grew up. Use to hate raking and mowing. Now I have an even bigger grounds to take care of. It has turned into my retirement job.

But I have learned to work with nature and the leaves and sticks. Seldom burn any of it, use the leaves for mulch and sticks piles for erosion control. Put up a leaf 'snow' fence to guide the leaves and pile them up in drifts in certain areas. Spent a lot of money on grass seed the last few years so got to give it the best chance.

[golfnrl]

@3Berries...I've been thinking about this ever since I first read it. My thoughts go to the beautiful day, maybe a reefer, 50 degrees, and sunny, sounding great and makes me smile. Then I think of the rake. And something happens with my mental picture of this perfect day that even the reefer doesn't help. I've got some rakes. A leaf rake, a handmade garden rake, and some collapsable PoS that I bought at a fair, you know, to get into all those tight spaces. But my hats off to you because try as I might I cannot get into the tranquil raking as you have so eloquently described. I think I will simply have to draw some satisfaction from the mental picture of you raking on that beautiful day...and that's OK. Thanks for the comment...and I mean that.

[SoOrbudgal]

You can say it all day long BU2B great way to start a day.

[BU2B]

But they’re make plants! They can have em - now if that means pollen, I’ll take two, nicely sealed please.

[BU2B]

You mean OTHER THAN the male flowers? 😂

[BU2B]

just saying …

[3Berries]

Spent yesterday raking too. all the big wind we've had made a mess with all the small sticks.. Some of the flowers and plants are already popping up out of the dirt with the mild temps. Rain and colder today.

[Gingerbeard]

Bucolic. My raking involves a broom and vacuum, and dog hair. Get to mine about every three days.

[Going2fast]

Totally

[3Berries]

I really like raking for some reason. Was out today raking all the leaves along the perimeters and under the hickory trees all the hulls. About 3 hrs worth. Beautiful January day at 50F and sunny.