October 20, 2005

I saw my first flyover of a stealth bomber yesterday. It was pretty high and quickly behind some clouds but I got a fairly good glance. It was very loud coming, very loud while above and very loud long after it wasn't visible. I think I'm probably glad that we've never seen nor heard them before and hope that continues to be a rarity.

I used the blower on every leaf on the ground that was around here yesterday, including the gutters....This morning you would never think it. The falling oak leaves are natures way of protecting the two billion acorns that the oak trees spread around everywhere. Half of them are intended to cause a sprained ankle or a busted butt to humans in retaliation for all the trees they've cut. The other half is to remake your lawn back into the forest that nature always intended for it to be. If you just like green and with the high cost of gasoline, I'd say let the leaves go and the trees grow, the green in the money is a prettier green anyway and you'd save a pretty penny too.

"I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money."~-Pablo Picasso