Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for October 16, 2022

The coughing leaf is what made me laugh.

They’re all dying on “stage”

The End …

I prefer to call it, “Autumn”.

So Autumn is going out with a cough?

I went out yesterday and used my riding mower to blow the leaves off of the mile or so of gravel road leading into my property. Beats the heck out of trying to rake then up…

Autumn means ending, dying or something like that. Fall was “fall of leaf” then was shortened. Not that hard to figure out.

Around here falling pine needles outpace the leaves.

So am I the only one who mentally heard the leaf’s soliloquy in William Shatner’s voice?

For a couple weeks I had a big fat yellow striped orb weaver spider at the top of my walkway – it made its web in a way that gave me enough head clearance to walk under without stooping. 2 days ago I plucked a leaf off the web and accidentally broke the support line. It has since moved to an unknown location :(

Leaves in the wind / All they are is leaves in the wind

The same question could be asked about summer and winter. Spring makes some sense at least. Why is anything called what it it is ?

It is all a RIF. Reduction in Foliage.

Love the “leaf speak”!