Lio by Mark Tatulli for November 05, 2017

“And now, our national anthem.”

time to rake the pile again after that dive

Drum roll, please!

Lio gets a PHD in raking leaves.

(Piled Higher and Deeper)

Check out number 5 here:

http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2013/10/20/40-reasons-autumn-is-the-greatest-season-ever/

(and most of the others are also good!! I love number 24! )

Around here the pile would be full of stink bugs looking for hibernation spots for winter.

waiting for a big dog to come racing by and beat him to the pile.

When is leaf diving going to be an Olympic sport? Look for the new Autumn Olympics, coming as soon as they’ve finished wringing all the money out of the summer and winter games.

Everybody get out there and do the same today instead of watching football.

That sounds like a fantastic idea, Mike!

Around here (Montana) it’s about a month too late. The trees are bare and there’s about three inches of snow on the ground. (Pretty good conditions for making snowmen, though.)

Lio may have the higer ladder, and a physically improbable stack o’ leaves, but he doesn’t have the camaraderie of Broom-Hilda, Gaylord, and Irwin! Poor Lio!

I wonder what he used to hold the leaves together to pile up a 10 foot mountain.