10 Wheelie Bins Worth

I realise its a little strange to upload pictures of piles of leaves, but this has been my job the past two days. Rake as many leaves as possible as we are just about drowning in the things. I remember when my dads wife first came out to Western Australia. She thought it was odd that the trees here are evergreen, not deciduous like back  in Canada, where she is from. One of her first questions was why the trees still had leaves in the winter, when we explained that it doesnt get cold enough here for the tree to warrant the energy in shutting down for 3 months while the cold passes, so it holds onto its leaves and grows new ones in spring. Her next question was, when do they drop their leaves, as they cant hold onto them forever. Well the time is now, summertime. So the last month or so, we have been raking like mad to remove the fire hazard they propose (a rogue cigarette butt or random pyromaniac could pose a few problems). This was half of yesterdays efforts. This job kinda ruins the kid in you, if I were 6, I would totally run though there kicking up the piles and throwing leaves in the air. As an adult, I spent 3 hours raking those piles up, I dont have the heart to throw them about, as I would have to rake them all up again. *sigh*