The boat came out of the water this week and we went down on Saturday to check things out and see just how much more stuff we'll take off before it's time to start loading it back on again
It was cold and the wind in the boatyard was blowing up little dirt devils everywhere. We put away the docklines and generally made things shipshape. Frances collected lots of things she wanted to take home. We still have to winterize the water lines and we'll get to that shortly.
Meanwhile, at home, the maple trees finally gave up the last of their leaves. Most of our neighbors had raked all of their leaves to the curb for the city pick up, which they did earlier last week We've learned to take it slow when it comes to leaves because many of those leaves in our yard will blow away, leaving us with fewer to rake. We also know that the city will return in a week or so and pick up everything remaining. It's one of the few real benefits we get from Hartford's high mill rate.
As you can see from the picture above, We began hauling our leaves out to the curb on a tarp. That always works for us and, if there are a few leaves left, they can wait until spring when we'll mulch them with the mower.
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