Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It has just passed 11:00 p.m. in "The City."

Our current temperature under cloudy skies is 40°, although it feels more like 35° with a wind out of the northeast @ six mph. We have no alerts, watches, or warnings in the forecast.

Once the sun rises @ 8:00 a.m., the daytime temperature tomorrow is forecast to reach 44°, before it drops after sunset @ 5:09 p.m.. when we are forecast to drop to an overnight low of 33°.

We did some ear-reading today, but mostly, we watched as the fall clean-up took place and the landscape crew cleared away the fallen leaves that came from our few trees, our neighbor's trees, and most of all, the leaves that blow in from nearby Central Park every year. 

This year, I wasn't up to the task and neither was Mary, so the leaves continued to pile up here on the palatial estate. 

At any rate, I took several pictures of the leaves in various piles, both in the back forty and out in our front and parkway gardens. 

The back forty pile grew as the men worked with leaf blowers.

Gas-powered machines like these were employed. If Mary were Queen, she'd ban them all!

Until it was a huge mound of leaves.

Which along with the leaves from the back, were drawn into this machine and trailer.

But once the work was all done, the area was clear of leaves. 

Which included all of the vast gardens. 

The men had difficulty closing the gate on their trailer as it was so packed with our leaves. 

But everything is s now leaf free, and the foliage is neatly trimmed.

Tomorrow, we have more ear-reading to do, more indoor chores, more newspapers to read, and more walks to be taken by Mary and Ginger. Ciao.