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<h1>Noted on Twitter: People raking</h1>
<h2>Signs of autumn: Tweeted photographs of leaves and rakes and so on. Some general themes from the Twitterverse:</h2>
<p>Storified by Maclean&#8217;s Magazine &middot; Sun, Oct 21 2012 16:54:11</p>
<div>1. Denial of autumn:</div>
<div>Nothing like a good game of fall golf.   Next time my 5 wood is being replaced with a rake http://pic.twitter.com/LY8uchQbNick Owens</div>
<div>2. Acceptance of the turn in seasons:</div>
<div>Autumn is here. Leaves are turning red. Can&#8217;t wait to see them all turn red. Picked up a fallen red leaf~ :) http://pic.twitter.com/Dg8giFCRALEXANDER 알렉산더</div>
<div>Yup it&#8217;s def fall #leaves http://pic.twitter.com/X3wRhD8uNadine Dunsing</div>
<div>We might be in need of a rake or two @RealBroseph @mynamesconor @slm5792 http://pic.twitter.com/hgmwTqMbAdam McIntosh</div>
<div>3. Next? General complaints about the job at hand:</div>
<div>Why does the tree in my front yard have so many damn leaves?! http://pic.twitter.com/yhUSLoJ7Jessica G.</div>
<div>4. &#8230; then? Complaints about equipment:</div>
<div>okay looks like i dont have to rake anymore! The rake just broke :&#8217;) http://pic.twitter.com/Vtu5kvEWZeta Menkir</div>
<div>Broken rake. #NYG http://pic.twitter.com/QwhrIx0ECarly kisker</div>
<div>Lmfao takes a real hard worker to break the rake while taking care of the leaves ;) #workhard http://pic.twitter.com/SUNAO2f8Hailey Lynn✨</div>
<div>Went to rake the front yard today and this is the only size of lawn rake we have. #FML http://pic.twitter.com/jFw5TKI5Sam Solberg</div>
<div>5. Also noted on Twitter: Parents taking photos of kids at work:</div>
<div>&quot;But mom do I have to rake all of the leaves in the yard&quot; lol http://pic.twitter.com/nTTkweeaNeasha</div>
<div>My moms making me rake leaves help http://pic.twitter.com/DPX6kRbTJenna </div>
<div>He decided he wanted to rake the leaves #hardworker http://pic.twitter.com/loC79CpyLuis Ruiz</div>
<div>6. &#8230; and dogs:</div>
<div>McKinley loves the leaves, she got so excited and made herself a little home http://pic.twitter.com/IoZrIBnuAmanda Keegan</div>
<div>http://yfrog.com/ntgapsqj Daddy was out raking leaves.  I was not allowed to help since I kept trying to eat the rake.Turbo V. Woofenstein</div>
<div>I&#8217;ll just sit here while you rake the leaves&#8230; http://pic.twitter.com/i70liiqFBrandon Dunn</div>
<div>7. Finally &#8230; people tweeting photos of a job well done:&nbsp;</div>
<div>Leaves and @svoxcriado :) http://pic.twitter.com/5jQrkzNWDoobi </div>
<div>full of leaves 3 feet tall this took a while and was tiring looks cool tho haha http://pic.twitter.com/UiNjQqMdShannon Garretson</div>
<div>RT @bloominwhereiam: My baby loves leaves! http://pic.twitter.com/H9lsortrBenjamin Lange</div>
<div>It took me like 1 hour to finally rake. &#8230;.half of the yard http://pic.twitter.com/5kTOcyPxSmosh Lover</div>
<div>Rake up leafs, like a boss http://pic.twitter.com/IrnQ04HBBobby.</div>
<div>How I rake my leaves #Creative #Genius http://pic.twitter.com/At7biZ44Ninja Turtle</div>
<div>.@MCConner81 saved the day today by helping me rake leaves. 25 bags later and my yard pristine! http://pic.twitter.com/RjmMMdofSeth Slay</div>
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Noted on Twitter: People tweeting photos of other people raking

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Noted on Twitter: People raking

Signs of autumn: Tweeted photographs of leaves and rakes and so on. Some general themes from the Twitterverse: