Lazy Sunday

It is a cold and drizzly day here in the great Inland Northwest. The leaves are falling as steadily as the rain, and the trees will probably all be bare by Wednesday. We are actually expecting a little dusting of snow later this week, and I have to say, I'm looking forward to it. Dr. H just finished one of his more strenuous rotations, and we are enjoying the first full weekend we have had together in a while. Yesterday we raked all the leaves in our yard into a couple of huge piles, only to have the ground covered almost immediately with more leaves. We are telling ourselves that by raking what was down yesterday while it was dry, we saved ourselves some heavy work. I don't know if it is true or not, but it makes us feel better. Actually raking leaves was pretty fun. We took a ton of pictures, and jumped in the piles when we were done. There is something comforting in the earthy smell of a pile of leaves. If I could have been assured that I wasn't jumping into a big pile full of spiders it would have been even more fun.