It's nice to see you back in action! I assume your wife is doing well...?
I love the gazibo in your photos!
Looking at your photos, it makes sense about all those leaves you had to clear up. On your side, it's all about clearing up fallen leaves at the moment, while here by us it's about cutting grass. At the rate that the grass is growing with all the rain, I normally joke when it's raining by asking my wife if she can hear the grass growing...lol.
I sometimes have to cut the grass twice a week with all the rain we get here during the rainy season...