I LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS.....ALL THE LEAVES THAT WILL FALL ~

Pat has always declared his love by saying he loves me as much as _______________.
The blank space has been filled with such things as all the grains of sand in all the deserts....or all the tears that have ever been spilled....or all the snowflakes...well, you get the idea. So when he says he loves me as much as "all the leaves that will fall from ALL the trees..." that is something! I know this to be so since I decided to tidy up outside this afternoon since we have the ever-present Open House signs up. I am into the massive leaf blower I bought a few years ago at the thrift store. When I flip the switch on that baby I can feel the power surging through it while it sends leaves flying with such force that some of them are still floating south over Ellijay. I admit I get sort of anal about it. If I blow an area and then turn around and see a few leaves on the driveway I am compelled to turn my blower on them til it is perfectly leafless. But - then I look up - and see the leaves still stubbornly clinging to their home-bases. They WILL coat the pristine landscape at the first breeze...but I will get them! It is my mission. Thank goodness I can leave the rake in the tool shed. Give me a power tool anyday!