Leaves and more leaves

The leaf situation out there is insane!  I really must rake my yard.  Must I?  Really?  That notion is sheer craziness since I live in a forest!  Well, it was once a forest before nearly all the trees were cut down to build houses and plant grass.  Except for the trees on our lot.  Not sure why we are the exception.  We have 53 trees in the front yard alone.  The count could be off.  I might have missed a few.  I do love all the trees.  Neighbors say that they love the yard.  Perhaps they would change their minds if they had to tackle this:

So, why am I going to rake the leaves in my forest?  Because my forest comes complete with a Home Owners Association.  What a lucky forest.

With all those leaves on the ground you would think my trees looked like this:

But, alas, these trees belong to my neighbors.  Mrs. and Mr. Neighbor have a paltry 5 trees in the front yard adjacent to mine.    

Here is what my trees look like:

I'm still trying to figure out where all the leaves on the ground came from.

The first Fall we lived here, Mrs. Neighbor made the comment to me that she likes watching the leaves fall.  She was hoping that I didn't mind if her family allowed the leaves to sit in the yard for a few days before cleaning them up.  She's very funny.