Rake leaves while the sun shines

The last month seems to have gone by in a week! Summer heat has given way to shivers, green...ish lawns are now covered with snow one day and leaves and pine needles the next. Burrr! Thanks to Kris Crocker for her work on the coat drive. For a person not driven by winter sports, these next few weeks are a time for last-minute raking and yard work. For those fortunate enough to have these yards, it feels like a good and bad deal. We are so lucky to have a yard. There are plenty who have no yard to complain about.Thank goodness for the Salvation Army and the Union Gospel Mission who help care for those without homes and yards. So when you are sitting in your warm house musing about what you didn't get done in your yard, be thankful. When you see those commercials for Salvation Army and Union Gospel Mission, grab your checkbook and send a few dollars to those who would give anything to have all those leaves to clean up.  Make a ripple and see what happens.