Streets Paved in Gold

Have you ever forked a lawn or had your lawn forked? Do you know what I am referring to? Plastic forks stuck into the ground of a lawn, usually front lawn so everyone notices?

Well, our lawn has been forked! But then it usually is this time of year...

by the thousands of maple seeds falling from...

the three Silver Maple trees along the boulevard. These two trees are more than 50 years old and provide much needed and appreciated shade in the summer. But the debris produced by the trees this time of year sure is a pain. First it is the brown flowers falling and filling the eaves and rain gutters. Late May is the seeding season. The eaves and gutters are now full of Maple tree seeds. The strong wind today helped with the deluge of "little helicopters" as the kids used to call them. In fact so many fell today...

it looked like the street was paved with little pieces of gold.  Time to get out the leaf blower and suck up the mess.