I have been reluctant to use them in the past, but my outlook has changed. I mentioned briefly that I borrowed a leaf blower on Saturday to clean up our yard a little bit. I will fill in some details…

I has been a strange fall, first warm weather kept the leaves on the trees for far longer than usual. Over the last week or two, most of them have finally let go and made their migration back to earth, but some are still hanging in there. Then, we have the cold arctic blast complete with a snow/ice storm yesterday, which basically means that I had a one day window to clean up yard if I wanted to do it before spring.

Enter The Echo PB-265L Leaf Blower:

Now, this is not the mother of all leaf blowers, however, I would call it a well qualified stand in if the mother of all leaf blowers is not available for the weekend. I got more done in three hours this year than I did in three days last year with the hand rake.

–AND–

Best of all I was having fun. Lots of fun. At one point perhaps a little too much fun. My almost four year old daughter made an appearance in the yard to see what I was doing. She was treated to full blast of air, followed by maniacal laughter as I chased her around the yard. I finally had to stop because she shot me a few very concerned looks over her shoulder while she was running away from me.

Best of all, this is borrowed power equipment, which means I didn’t have to fork over hard currency to buy it, my friend did. Of course, I owe him one, and I am sure that one day I will have to pay that favor back. For now though, I would say I am on the plus side of that equation.

Sometimes the planets line up.

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