Our eastern neighbors are … well, kind of reclusive. We almost never see them, inside or out. Occasionally they have a door open while watching football, during which games we can hear them hooting and hollering.<\/p>\n
They have a very small back yard, it being a wedge into the corner of the circle. There’s a humongous cottonwood in the center of their back yard, which means that they very quickly in the autumn get up to their elbows in leaves.<\/p>\n
So this year, the gentleman of the house appears to have gotten a leaf blower\/vacuum.<\/p>\n
Now, I don’t know if he’s afraid of cranking it beyond “1,” or if he’s got too many things plugged into that power socket, or what, but he doesn’t seem to be … ah … making much progress.<\/p>\n
Indeed, he seems to spend hours at a time — hours at a time <\/i>— blowing a little bitty square clear of leaves. Back and forth. Whoooooooooooooooooooooosh. <\/i>Back and forth. Blowing. One. Leaf. At. A. Time.<\/p>\n
Occasionally he puts it on vacuum.<\/p>\n
Whoooooooooooooooooooooosh. Flrp-flrp-flrp.<\/i> There goes a leaf. One. Leaf. Whoooooooooooooooosh.<\/i><\/p>\n
For. Hours. At. <\/p>\n
A.<\/p>\n
Time.<\/p>\n
Whooooooooooooooooooooooosh.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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