I Love The Fall...Just Not The Clean-up

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Real Estate Agent with Franklin Homes Realty LLC (615) 495-0752 or www.FranklinHomesRealty.com TN License #326261

Sunday afternoon in the Fall. I love it. It really is the best time of year in Middle Tennessee. Humidity is low, temperatures are moderate, and football is in full gear!

I love the trees changing colors.

This is a picture from part of the five acres we live on. The maple tree is/was a bright golden color with some orange highlights. It was quite beautiful next to the bright blue sky.

maple tree on our five acres

What's not beautiful is what happened last night.  Yesterday it was magnificent! If you look underneath the tree you'll see piles of leaves that decided to fall all at once. I don't know if it was the wind or the sub-freezing temperatures last night, but the tree just let go of the majority of its leaves. Overnight! By tomorrow they'll probably blow into all of our shrubs and flowers!

As I said, I love the Fall...I just don't like the raking, the mulching and the clean-up!

 

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Tom White, REALTOR®
Franklin Homes Realty LLC
(615) 870-8169
 

 

 
 
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Comments (23)

Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Tom,

I understand, when I lived in MN with my parents, we made big piles of leaves and then jumped in.  A

Nov 02, 2014 06:41 AM
Tom White
Franklin Homes Realty LLC (615) 495-0752 or www.FranklinHomesRealty.com - Franklin, TN
Franklin Homes Realty LLC, Franklin TN

David--isn't it funny but it seems like the piles of leaves were always much higher when we were kids!

Sybil--Ditto...in the Chicago suburbs!

Dick--Ha...I could send you a picture!!

Nov 02, 2014 06:47 AM
Tom White
Franklin Homes Realty LLC (615) 495-0752 or www.FranklinHomesRealty.com - Franklin, TN
Franklin Homes Realty LLC, Franklin TN

R & A--It's scary to think of what we did as kids. We made huge piles of leaves and then jumped off the roof into them! Jeesh, we were crazy!

Nov 02, 2014 06:49 AM
Nicole Doty - Gilbert Real Estate Expert
Zion Realty - Gilbert, AZ
Broker/Owner of Zion Realty ZionRealtyAZ.com

Tom White - One of the beautiful things about living in Arizona. Desert landscaping is minimal maintenance!

Nov 02, 2014 07:23 AM
Tom White
Franklin Homes Realty LLC (615) 495-0752 or www.FranklinHomesRealty.com - Franklin, TN
Franklin Homes Realty LLC, Franklin TN

Nicole--That gave me a chuckle...I guess there are always trade-offs! Green can be messy when it turns brown!

Nov 02, 2014 07:29 AM
Chris Griffith
Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL
Bonita Springs Listing Agent

Beautiful picture. I'm enjoying the fall photos on AR. It's been years since I've seen the changes.

Nov 02, 2014 07:37 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
RE/MAX Elite 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
RE/MAX Elite Warren County OH (Cincinnati/Dayton)

Tom, I'm with you!  Almost all our leaves have now dumped on the lawn and in the flower gardens.  I probably SHOULD have tried to do something with them today, but it was a day for a mental/physical break.  The dual job thing caught up with me and a reprieve and some NFL time was what I wanted instead :)  Bill 

Nov 02, 2014 08:13 AM
Kathy Streib
Room Service Home Staging - Delray Beach, FL
Home Stager - Palm Beach County,FL -561-914-6224

Tom- that is one thing I do not miss about having no "fall" to speak of.  On the other hand, we don't get the beautiful colors either.

Nov 02, 2014 08:41 AM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Tom, I know these cold nights have shocked the trees and they are just about done. I have truly enjoyed the colors this season and will miss them until spring.

Nov 02, 2014 08:56 AM
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

 Good morning Tom. The cold snap that we had for the last couple days really did a number on my annuals. Well, so much for the boys of summer.

Nov 02, 2014 04:36 PM
Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Good morning Tom. I did some clean up yesterday, it is a never ending process, as we have lots of trees around us, love them, but as much right now.

Make it a great week!

Nov 02, 2014 06:32 PM
Tom White
Franklin Homes Realty LLC (615) 495-0752 or www.FranklinHomesRealty.com - Franklin, TN
Franklin Homes Realty LLC, Franklin TN

Chris--It's one of the reasons we landed in Middle TN. It's a lot warmer than the upper midwest, but still four seasons!

Bill--I can mulch most of the leaves in the yard...it's the flower beds that are the big hassle!

Kathy--Trade-offs. I sure like to look at your beach.

Debbie--It's been beautiful. We took a drive to the Smokies a little over a week ago and the colors were amazing!

Michael--I know what you mean. They are history!

Joe--We certainly enjoy the benefits don't we!

 

 

 

Nov 02, 2014 10:41 PM
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate

Tom, I would not like it either. It’s nothing but a four letter word we all know … WORK. Yet, it is the price we pay for the beauty we enjoy before the tree decides to get naked.  A tree has got to do what a tree has got to do. We can’t stop Mother Nature.  Here’s to happy days of raking, mulching and cleaning up.

Nov 02, 2014 10:56 PM
Amanda S. Davidson
Amanda Davidson Real Estate Group Brokered By eXp Realty - Alexandria, VA
Alexandria Virginia Homes For Sale

Tom, you took the words out of my mouth. The colors are so beautiful but, I've raked leaves twice now and there's going to be at least one more round. Yuck!

Nov 02, 2014 11:28 PM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Good morning, Tom.... it could be worse....you could be shoveling snow....

Nov 03, 2014 12:30 AM
Tom White
Franklin Homes Realty LLC (615) 495-0752 or www.FranklinHomesRealty.com - Franklin, TN
Franklin Homes Realty LLC, Franklin TN

Kathleen--And a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do...time for a nap. 

Amanda--That's really the dilemma. How long do I wait to rake...hmmm.

Barbara--Thanks for that reminder! Fortunately we get very little snow here. Gosh, I think I just jinxed us!

 

 

Nov 03, 2014 12:42 AM
Roy Kelley
Realty Group Referrals - Gaithersburg, MD

Those clean ups will cause some sore backs.

Barbara has a good reminder. Raking leaves is easier than shoveling snow.

Nov 03, 2014 05:52 AM
Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Real Estate
John L Scott Market Center - Birkenfeld, OR
"Your Local Expert!" 503-755-2905

Tom, make lots of money in real estate and DELEGATE to the neighbor kids for a small bit of moola!!

(I'm an IDEA person, but I HATE the clean-up of anything after an "event")!

Glad I only photographed these trees and they're not in my yard. 

Montinore Vineyard-Gayle Rich-Boxman Copyrighted All Rights Reserved 2014

Nov 03, 2014 06:54 AM
Tom White
Franklin Homes Realty LLC (615) 495-0752 or www.FranklinHomesRealty.com - Franklin, TN
Franklin Homes Realty LLC, Franklin TN

Roy--I hear ya, brother!

Gayle--Once upon a time I was an idea person. Now, Tammie just gives me the look and without another thought (or idea) I'm out cleaning around the shrubs and flowers!

Nov 03, 2014 07:07 AM
Sussie Sutton
David Tracy Real Estate - Houston, TX
David Tracy Real Estate for Buyers & Sellers

It would be grand to live on some acreage... I am thinking about moving to 5 to 8 acres in a smaller community.

Nov 08, 2014 03:29 AM

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