October is my favorite month. There is always a hint of the cool weather to come and the light changes daily as we move into what only true Southerners are aware of: Fall does come to Florida!
October is my husband's birthday. October was my Dad's birthday. It is a time for planting vegetables, cleaning saddles to start training for upcoming rides and cleaning out horse trailers in preparation for travel.
Orchids bloom and roses throw up more blossoms. Butterflies become braver and often land on your hand. Horses grow long hair in hopeful anticipation of cold fronts. Body clipping that hair usually guarantees the advent of cold weather!
Grass stops growing but flowers don't. Sandhill cranes become amorous and local raccoons make raucous noises during the October full moon. Redtail hawks make no secret of their special romantic interest. Brambles grow just to tangle in dogs' coats and horses' manes.
Sunset is a brilliant coral glow sinking slowly into the horizon. October darkness is deeper than the previous summer's night and the enormous October moon lights the sky with an almost sun like glow.
October is my favorite secret; a secret tourists don't know. It is the best month of the year.
