Fall

[rejectomorph]

Night begins to smell damp, though the rain won't arrive for a few days. It definitely smells like autumn. It sounds like autumn, too, as more and more oak leaves are dropping. During the quiet hours, a single leaf falling can sound very loud. The frolic of raccoons can drown the sound out, but the raccoons don't hang around for long. Soon, the quiet returns and I can listen for the crinkly sound the leaves make, brushing against each other as they fall. It's like summer being wadded up and thrown away. I pity the raccoons. They make so much noise, I'm sure they don't get to hear the season change.

Comments

I bet you diddn't know:

[leprosy.livejournal.com]

The raccoons are the ones that pull all the leaves off the trees.

Re: I bet you diddn't know:

[rejectomorph]

And all this time I thought it was the squirrels!