Yesterday we had our second opinion plumber come and assess the pipe situation. It's still dire. His bid was $8,000. We think that we should first try taking out the trees, and killing off the roots, which makes Seth and I both very sad. The trees blossom in the spring and scatter gorgeous autumn leaves. So in honor of our condemned trees, in the afternoon we went for a leaf walk, crunching leaves with our shoes like my mom used to show me. We also gathered a few leaves from various trees around the block to make leaf rubbing pictures. After we got home, Isaiah didn't want to make one, so I made two.