and I have the blisters to prove it....

not to mention lots of achey bits, sore hands and stiff back.     Beautiful weather here over the week - 70+ - more like spring than mid winter.     We have a tree that is ALWAYS the last one to dump its leaves - most years it is getting spring growth before it even sheds the leaves from the year before.    This last couple of weeks - we had a couple of frosts along with some brisk breezes and it brought damn near ALL the leaves down within a couple of days.   What a mess!!    

So Mike and I spent the whole weekend outside in the garden - getting rid of MOST of them, along with pruning roses, and cutting back other bushes.   The garden still does not look great but it certainly looks better.

We wound up having to hire a trailer and taking it all the dump!!