City of Oaks -

Returning from the coast in showers and intermittent sunshine, we knew the garden
 would be saturated as heavy rain had fallen over the weekend here at home. 
 Just over a two hour drive to the coast it's always surprising that the weather can
 be so different.
The back garden looked like this on Sunday evening when we arrived back
 just prior to sunset.

Leaves are falling non-stop now. Rakes and tarpaulins are at the ready

 to get them to the curb before the city truck arrives to suck 'em up!

RALEIGH 'City of Oaks' - beautiful, but such a lot of work as winter arrives.

I've done hardly anything yet to prepare for Christmas and really need 

to "get my skates on" as my dear mother always said.