You know what i love?

[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.

[Gingerbeard]

I think that is supposed to be the Statue of Liberty. I don't see the pollen on the face.
Or mabye a drag Wonder Woman?

[PRIMO]

Pollen on his face?

[3Berries]

Tipping the couch over and finding 7 lighters and a pipe.....

[JeffInCanada]

I know, whoever did his highlights got some on his ear...and face too, wtf!

[Gingerbeard]

It is a dispensary advertisement in our local rag.