tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169129998329537448.post89707648393600094..comments2023-12-31T11:28:31.953-05:00Comments on The Surly Writer: Autumn leafMichelle H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10117937124348728578noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169129998329537448.post-87390680667085316712009-10-30T09:36:32.648-04:002009-10-30T09:36:32.648-04:00Knucklehead: The things we would do if we were kid...Knucklehead: The things we would do if we were kids again. But at least we have wonderful memories of those times.<br /><br />Lime: Thanks!Michelle H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10117937124348728578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169129998329537448.post-49174376608405799952009-10-29T12:14:02.299-04:002009-10-29T12:14:02.299-04:00what a very lovely remembrance. so glad you share...what a very lovely remembrance. so glad you shared it.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169129998329537448.post-37386454505691445072009-10-27T16:41:47.065-04:002009-10-27T16:41:47.065-04:00Ah, I miss the fall. Loved jumping in the piles o...Ah, I miss the fall. Loved jumping in the piles of leaves every year. We'd play football, and getting tackled in the leaves made it all the better.<br /><br />Sigh.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794712479594188124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169129998329537448.post-78614761459549027592009-10-27T10:45:22.222-04:002009-10-27T10:45:22.222-04:00Hilary: You're never too young to jump in a pi...Hilary: You're never too young to jump in a pile of leaves. Go for it!<br /><br />Desmond: You made it into a family tradition? So cool!<br /><br />Suldog: Don't forget hockey as the start of a Fall sport too! I sure won't...<br /><br />Jinksy: Just admiring the leaves and their symbolism, cast-offs giving nutrients to the soil to start a richer life anew to the grass, can be seen as beautiful too.<br /><br />Judith: Not only the leaves had that special charm, but also the rake. It was a metal one with those tines that no longer hooked together, so it made a type of metal, tingy, sound whenever striking each other. Autumn music...<br /><br />Buckskins: You had a shortcut, and enjoyed an actvity with a loved one. No sweeter thing than that.Michelle H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10117937124348728578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169129998329537448.post-13081347540882049852009-10-26T23:04:38.259-04:002009-10-26T23:04:38.259-04:00I had the good fortune of being able to jump into ...I had the good fortune of being able to jump into leaf piles which had been raked by my Grandfather. All the fun, with none of the work!!<br /><br />Thanks for the memories.Dave (aka Buckskins Rule)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07764864394651709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169129998329537448.post-60612796621890975412009-10-26T14:41:51.564-04:002009-10-26T14:41:51.564-04:00I could just see that little girl with a rake prob...I could just see that little girl with a rake probably taller than she, gathering leaves into a mound, a smile on her face at the prospect of landing on the middle of it. Thanks for sharing this wonderful story told so well, as usual.Judith Mercadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739476600999112092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169129998329537448.post-56213674715611463822009-10-26T13:34:59.064-04:002009-10-26T13:34:59.064-04:00We're lucky to find a pile of leaves dry enoug...We're lucky to find a pile of leaves dry enough to scuffle through - good old English rain puts paid to them soon, as often as not. But the resultant skeletons left on pavements have their own charm...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169129998329537448.post-90077039972312697612009-10-26T13:03:13.684-04:002009-10-26T13:03:13.684-04:00I am such an autumn person myself. Love the crisp ...I am such an autumn person myself. Love the crisp air, the beautiful colors, the sports (World Series! Football!), the excellent treats like pumpkin pie, Thanksgiving, Halloween... Great season, and you wrote a great tale about it.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169129998329537448.post-56228706129185270212009-10-26T11:30:19.572-04:002009-10-26T11:30:19.572-04:00For us Joneses, city-dwellers as we are, Leaf-Raki...For us Joneses, city-dwellers as we are, Leaf-Raking Day is one of our grand family traditions. Heck, our grown kids will call to make sure they don't miss it (I think they're just after the hot cocoa, but hey, it gets the leaves raked. . .)<br /><br />And somewhere in our archives are a bunch of photos of various of our kids being tossed into the leaf-pile, either by their parents, or, more recently, their older siblings. . .<br /><br />('Course, when the leaf-pile-tossing is finished, we bag the leaves up and take 'em to the curb; no cat-business allowed. . .)<br /><br />Good story, Michelle. . .Desmond Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829959101276150279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169129998329537448.post-53320458097606932192009-10-26T11:27:17.291-04:002009-10-26T11:27:17.291-04:00Fun memories. I can remember revisiting leaf-pilin...Fun memories. I can remember revisiting leaf-piling and jumping when my kids were little. I may just visit again.. without them. Thanks for the autumn smiles. :)Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.com