The big
maple next to the feeders by the sunroom is losing its leaves quickly now, and
in today’s breeze they’ve fallen like large snowflakes from the sky.
Within
an hour’s time, the ground beneath has become littered as a mosaic of differing
shades of yellow, and the larger branches are now visible, where the past
several months they’ve been hidden. Tomorrow morning when I turn on the spotlight
to check for raccoons or skunks, I expect it will be more illuminated here,
where the light reflects off the fallen leaves. It’s much the same in winter, where
our snow covered ground is notably more bright, of course.
It is
pleasant to walk through the layer now, shuffling my feet so that the crisp
leaves make their familiar noise, and a small trail of grass shows through in
my foot’s wake.
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