Fall splendour to gorgeous to rake up

We are at the peak of fall color. A good wind yesterday saw leaves falling like rain. They look so pretty on the ground along the laneway that I'm reluctant to mow over them or rake them up.

Flowers are mostly gone, but leaves more than make up for that
The shrub border behind the four-square garden (below)
with yellow backdrop of tree farm ashes
Molinia 'Skyracer' grasses frame sundial base my husband carved
© Yvonne Cunnington, Country Gardener