Bits and pieces of Roberta's memories continued to spiral across his consciousness, like stray leaves blown about by the wind.

The yard was scattered with stray leaves that had drifted across the sidewalk from a maple tree on the boulevard.

Not one stray leaf marred the perfect lawn.

It expanded into a tiny storm, with little lightning jags that struck the ground and made stray dry leaves jump.

Already stray leaves had fallen from the oak trees and were being carried along on the current like miniature coracles.

Rough voices muttered vaguely, the fragmented words slipping through his mind like stray leaves blown by the wind.

There were no stray leaves on the line to hold up the train and service in the first class was near-faultless.

"Of course I am," she said, sitting up and shaking a stray leaf out of her hair.

She rose, brushing a stray leaf off her twill pants.

Continue to add stray leaves, chipped Christmas trees and kitchen waste to the compost pile.