Waiting game

Today was a 'waiting in' day, you know, the sort when you don't know what time they will arrive.
"Any time between 9am and 5pm, we're sorry we can't be specific."
Picked quite a few leaves up from the garden whilst waiting, a chore that I use more as an exercise regime - back and forth, bend and lift - and as I look at the giant trees that still hold billions of the leaves, I know I could lose a ton of sweat every week from now until March, or so.

On my mantle piece is a little ornament that I have had for a very long time and I intend to give it to someone very soon.