Mika has been helping my husband clean up all the leaves in the yard this week. I found this photo from last year when she was a puppy. She loves chasing the rake while he piles the leaves to haul away.

It has been a long week cutting back all the perennial flowers and pulling out the annuals. My husband's and my backs are achy from all the bending and the heating pads come in handy every night. I cut