So here I am, stuck for another three weeks (no! I'm not counting!)... I've been staying with a friend at her mother's house in Otterburn Park (see previous posts on that), the thing is, this is a HOUSE, which means lots of cleaning and tons of yard work.
I've been enjoying it mostly, but that 's probably because I don't feel entirely obliged to do it. I'm sure I'd be way less gung-ho if it was my OWN yard. Anyway, last weekend the three of us headed outside (thankfully the weather was nice) to rake the leaves.
a BIG pile of leaves
with the bag to give it a little perspective...I'd already done 17 bags at hallowe'en and this past weekend the three of us managed to bag another 35!!! And we still have half the yard to do! We're hoping for good weather this weekend to get it all done. Anyway, I took a few pictures. Now I'm wishing I'd thought of shooting the 35 bags lined up on the road for collection, but oh well... Maybe we'll have just as many this weekend and I can show you that.
some pretty leaves (still on the tree)
some more pretty leaves... maybe these will be in the bag this weekend!There's something about being out in the country that makes me want to take lots of pictures. I wish I had a macro lens though to get really close up. I can dream...
In other news... in exactly three weeks my flight to London will be in the air, or just taking off... I'm really excited but also kind of scared, but in the same way I was before going to Korea... so it's ok. If I don't like it I can always come home OR go back to Korea, right? Right.
More to come, as soon as I have anything... maybe I'll tell you all about the glamourous life of a telephone market researcher... on second thought, maybe not...
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it's funny, fall in korea is absolutely beautiful. I think i was too shellshocked still last year at this time to notice it. I wonder, if you come back, if you'll share the different "not-shell-shocked" perspective. I read what you wrote and remember our last day in busan... talking about coming to terms with what korea is and isn't and accepting it for that... and embarking on our two paths... if you come back I can't lie, I'd be thrilled... but for the right reasons, because you want to be here, not because you don't want to be somewhere else...
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