Profligate Nature

This morning, I swept the maple flowers from our back deck (again).  I am constantly amazed by just how much organic matter this tree produces and then ditches.  We're talking several pounds of plant bits.  Give a tree some air and water and see what it'll do.  It's incredible.  

And, let's be honest, a little irritating.  I have no doubt that our neighbours find it more so.  There really is a lot of gunk falling from the trees at the moment.  It can look like a light rain if the wind is just right.  Soon the tree-dropping season will turn into the tree-leafing season which won't be too long before the seed-dropping season.  That's the most wonderful time of the year.  I loves them helicopters, and Chutney the cat can't get enough of them, either.