North Florida may not have the beautiful orange, red and yellow leaves on our trees yet; but the goldenrod is in full bloom so I know it's approaching fall. Many of my friends at school are snorting and sniffling, and I'm all congested in the chest and have a smoker's deep, rattly cough, even though I haven't had a cigarette in many years. I saw a teacher this afternoon who spoke as if she had a clothes pin pinned to her nose. Then I didn't feel so bad after all.
When I arrived home and sat on my front porch, I stared at the grape vines across the driveway in front of my house. They usually turn a spectacular bright yellow in the fall (December for us), especially if the sun is shining on them. These are the same fox grape vines that I saw the raccoon gathering grapes from. But, I'm sorry to say that Clay has been pruning the stand of trees in front of our house and the fox grape vines are cut. Brown, dead fox grape vines now snake their way up into the moss ladened oak trees. I was surprised that they had reached the very tops of these hundred year old oak trees. I'll miss the brilliant yellow color of the grapevines; but on the plus side, the area looks more manicured, which gives me a sense of peace.
My question is, "Where will the raccoons go now?" Not in front of my house, and I'll miss that.
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