I've watched the oak leaves from neighborhood trees (I have no oaks in front) pile up and get compacted along the length of my front curb, and no convenient rain storm to wash them away. This afternoon I took a large scoop and a broom and loaded them into a trash can and made many trips to spread them around the yard (they'll get mulched in tomorrow when I mow). That was a workout. My lot is shaped like a slice of pie, and these are all along the crust edge of it. :)

After the next check on the cats (I'm worried about the little guy, he may be needing his blood glucose checked) if I have a chance this evening I'll stake out the new spot for the compost enclosure (the extra piece so I can double it in size arrives tomorrow) and start mowing and dumping grass clippings in the middle of that area. These things have to be done in a certain order. There's no point in tilling and weeding the new garden area until I have the place to drop all of the stuff that gets pulled out of the beds.

A basket of office paper recycling is ready to go to the bins on my way out, then it's time to clean out the SUV seats and set up the third row. There are at least four of us carpooling to a protest on Saturday. I'm driving since I have a parking permit for a nearby downtown lot. We're going to have to take rain gear, it looks like it might be a soggy march.