...is typically very nice. People comment on how pretty it is with the trees, the bench, the bird feeders, and the stone pavers that lead back to the woods and the end of our property (just to the right of the big tree and out of the view of this picture). The previous owners also added woodchips to the ground, making it a picturesque little area. We have to admit that it is one of the things that sold us on buying this place and hopefully will be a selling appeal for someone else when we eventually get around to selling it. Yesterday, on a beautiful fall day, with the fall colors peaking and the leaves still on the trees, the backyard looked like this:
Then the winds came through fiercly last night, blowing all the colored leaves and peices of branch into the windows of our bedroom (this is the view from our bedroom and kitchen as well). It howled so loudly that we were awoken immediately. We have always had a fear that the top of the big tree (to the right) would snap off and land on our house in a bad storm. The trunk leans forward a bit and it is a very tall and relatively thin for its height. So, last night we decided we should move out of the bedroom for just a little bit. Fortunately, the winds subsided, the same winds that caused tornados in the southern part of Indiana and Kentucky, and we felt fortunate that the only mess we had to clean up was a pile of leaves carpeting the entire lawn which we both had raked earlier last week. Here is what it looked like this morning:
As you can see, there are considerably less leaves on the trees and though you can't see it here, A LOT of leaves all over the lawn. Fortunately, we have a small backyard, as the woods takes up most of it, but we have two large side yards and a medium front yard to rake as well. This, to me, signals the end of a beautiful fall and the beginning of the dreary winter days ahead. We don't get as much snow here as we did with the winters we experienced in Michigan, and we get more sunshine, but as long as its cold, it might as well be snowing. At least it makes the backyard look pretty.
Then the winds came through fiercly last night, blowing all the colored leaves and peices of branch into the windows of our bedroom (this is the view from our bedroom and kitchen as well). It howled so loudly that we were awoken immediately. We have always had a fear that the top of the big tree (to the right) would snap off and land on our house in a bad storm. The trunk leans forward a bit and it is a very tall and relatively thin for its height. So, last night we decided we should move out of the bedroom for just a little bit. Fortunately, the winds subsided, the same winds that caused tornados in the southern part of Indiana and Kentucky, and we felt fortunate that the only mess we had to clean up was a pile of leaves carpeting the entire lawn which we both had raked earlier last week. Here is what it looked like this morning:
As you can see, there are considerably less leaves on the trees and though you can't see it here, A LOT of leaves all over the lawn. Fortunately, we have a small backyard, as the woods takes up most of it, but we have two large side yards and a medium front yard to rake as well. This, to me, signals the end of a beautiful fall and the beginning of the dreary winter days ahead. We don't get as much snow here as we did with the winters we experienced in Michigan, and we get more sunshine, but as long as its cold, it might as well be snowing. At least it makes the backyard look pretty.
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