To top it all off... When we blow the leaves, we blow them across the road because there is a big field right across the road. Well, yesterday I decided to go grab some more leaves before they got taken up by the park manager or waste management. I would suck the leaves back up with my blower, dump them back out when it was full, suck them back up again (which shreds them even finer) and then fill the leaf bags. My neighbors all must have thought I was crazy! A lot of people around here don't understand the value of their fall leaves. They just blow them all out on the road and forget about them. I must have looked like a crazy woman yesterday as I stood there sucking back up the leaves from across the street that were just blown across the street, dumping them back out again and sucking them back up! lol I don't really care what they think, because next year when my garden is flourishing with the help of some leaves, they'll all wonder how I did it! lol

Picture...we need a picture... Maybe we could figure out how it was made. patti

Oh holy crap, she's funny! Love that it made me laugh "out loud" without one profanity. I've never heard of her, but I will be looking her up for sure now. Also going to pass that link on. Anyone remember Sinbad? He was a big black guy who was absolutely hilarious and he never cursed or said foul things. I really liked him. Thanks Moni.

Hi Katie - firstly, Houzz has just done a strange thing where it’s forgotten that is Brits are Brits, so it’s chucking us into the US chat - that’s why you’re getting feedback from the states, I think. On your actual curtain pole, the easiest/cheapest solution is a rail, like the one you have, that can be bent to the degree you need. They are quite easy to fit, but might not be the look you want. At the other end of the price spectrum you can get a bespoke pole made. Most curtain makers will be able to make this and fit it. Poles can bend up to 90 degrees. But they are expensive.