So many leaves ....

Been trying to rake up the leaves in the backyard for some time now--starting to make real headway. I can fill about 4 bags and then I have to stop because I start to sweat. That leads to my radiation marks getting messed up which is bad, not to mention my side starts to get sore. I got about 12 bags over last weekend done--as you can see, all the neighbor's yards are clean and starting to go green. You can see very well the sections I haven't done yet--and now that it's raining, will have to wait even longer.

Since Granny got sick last November, the leaves have been solid over the entire back yard. I've been told to just LEAVE them...but that is killing the grass. I'm a little worried it may be too late for a lot of the areas I have finally gotten cleared.

Here are our first flowers in the yard--not quite out yet. The neighbors have jonquils in full bloom already. Mine are still struggling to get through the leaves! I'm hoping to do some planting over spring break--maybe liven up the place a bit with some color.

As for me, I've got 9 more radiation treatments to get through (including today). I have the day off work and we are expecting thunderstorms later this evening. I'm scheduled with H&R Block to get my taxes done today--yikes, wish me luck!