Sunday, November 25, 2012

Meteorological Discoveries for Today

Meteorological truism #37: Even if the wind has been dead calm for three weeks, the surest way to make it kick up again is for me to walk into the yard with a rake in hand.  And it will blow continuously for the rest of the day.  Guaranteed.

Meteorological truism #54: No matter where you're raking the leaves to, the wind will automatically change direction to blow them in exactly the opposite direction, generally as soon as you've gotten them neatly in a pile to be bagged.


Meteorological truism #67: The leaf bags will not stay in place (see truism #37), particularly when you are first trying to fill them.  Holding the bag open with your feet and trying to rake the leaves into it by sweeping them in through your legs is inefficient and only serves to amuse the neighbors.  (See also: futility)

And this, my friends, is why I was considering a glass of wine in the middle of the afternoon.  I settled for a slice of pecan pie and my bead tray.

1 comment:

KJ said...

I don't see why you cannot have the pecan pie, bead tray AND the glass of wine or maybe a shot of whiskey in your coffee to compliment the pecan pie.

Hope the neighbors did not get video of you standing on the bag.