Do you remember jumping into huge piles of leaves and getting buried in them? Or when people used to burn them instead of bagging them? They'd rake them into the street where we could scuff our feet through them all the way home from school. I have good memories of fall.... And don't forget the acorns for slingshots! what fun!
They used to cover up frost sensitive plants during winter, now they put plastic bags over and around them. It's no longer allowed to burn them. But I loved the smell of it. But now I think about it, I love the smell of burning candles also; maybe I’m just a little pyromaniac.
I loved the smell of it too. When I was young,before artificial christmas trees, everyone would put the trees out to the curb. All the neighborhood kids would drag them through the woods to the pond and we would have a huge bonfire and ice-skate late into the night. It smelled so wonderful, and was so much fun!