Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for October 13, 2019

I love that Rose and Jimbo are able to let their inner child have a little fun. Nicely thought, Don and Pat.

Maybe things are different in other parts of the world, but this doesn’t seem like fun to me. Fallen leaves are dry and itchy.

As my brother just said, Rose has 3 personalities including her inner child and Vicky.

Watch out for ticks, please.

One of my most treasured memories was raking the front yard clean of leaves from the big maple. From out of nowhere my three-year-old grandson dove into that pile. My wife has a picture of me falling into the pile alongside him. We lost him in a drowning accident two years later. That was 17 years ago; it still hurts, I still grieve.

I love crunching through the dry, colorful leaves. But I haven’t actually jumped into a pile in quite a while.

We would rake them up again an again so we could keep playing in them. In the end we would rake and burn them. Mom would toss foiled wrapped taters into the fire. Best tasting baked taters I ever had.

I look forward to this strip each day. It fulfills my longing for NICE. It is such a refreshing change from the day’s politics. Pat Brady…thank you.

The last time I jumped into a pile of leaves I came out with a big spider on my shoulder.

Romanticizing a biological function. Less light means that the leaves are useless and a drain. So the tree cuts them off as it shuts down for awhile and drops them.

Who raked them?