{"id":1119,"date":"2008-09-30T12:06:53","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T16:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2008-09-30T12:06:53","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T16:06:53","slug":"on-second-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=1119","title":{"rendered":"On second thought&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we bought our house, one of the huge bonuses for me was the giant, beautiful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/?p=947\">tree<\/a> in the front yard.\u00a0 I remember standing there marveling at it while the home inspection was going on, ignoring the house completely.\u00a0 At the time it was early spring and the leaves on only just budding.\u00a0 I knew that tree would be big and vibrant in only a month or two.<\/p>\n<p>I never once thought about fall.\u00a0 It never crossed my mind that my giant, beautiful tree would succumb to the cooler temperatures that September brings.\u00a0 At the time it was months away and we still had summer to look forward to.\u00a0 But suddenly, the other day, we came home and noticed a few leaves on the lawn.\u00a0 And then, only a few days later, this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dsc_6297.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1125\" title=\"It begins!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dsc_6297-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I tried to make a game of raking the leaves.\u00a0 I thought Jaia would enjoy it.\u00a0 And enjoy it she did.\u00a0\u00a0I raked all the leaves that covered our front lawn and driveway into two piles which she jumped in, ran through and chased Humphrey around.\u00a0 It was an awesome way to spend a couple of hours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dsc_6319.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1124\" title=\"Strike a pose\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dsc_6319-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dsc_6317.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1123\" title=\"Leaves on Humph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dsc_6317-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dsc_6341.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1121\" title=\"Things are looking up\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dsc_6341-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dsc_6304.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1122\" title=\"Have a leaf\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dsc_6304-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But thankfully I wasn&#8217;t too serious about the raking because by dinnertime, the lawn was covered with more leaves than before I started just that afternoon.\u00a0 Lesson learned: Wait until the tree is completely naked before raking.\u00a0 Unless that is, you have a little bean who thinks messing around in the piles is better than Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we bought our house, one of the huge bonuses for me was the giant, beautiful tree in the front yard.\u00a0 I remember standing there marveling at it while the home inspection was going on, ignoring the house completely.\u00a0 At the time it was early spring and the leaves on only just budding.\u00a0 I knew 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