So our fall becomes a second spring, bringing more flowers to our yards and fields and coaxing another crop from our gardens. The autumn skies are a brilliant blue under the warm sun. On the second weekend in October, put on your boots and blue jeans. The delicious nut is native to these parts. Later it can get quite chilly when a Norther hits, but most days are quite pleasant right up through the holidays.
Colorful foliage can appear, depending largely on the year's rainfall pattern.
The cypress along the river go to rust. The red oaks, native to Texas if not to this area, will produce a glorious crimson that could make a maple turn back to green with envy. Sycamore leaves of soft gold glow in the solstice sunlight. The leaves of the town's crepe myrtles and the hedges of nandina turn fiery shades, flushed as if furious at the dying of the light. Yes, we see a bit of winter A Heritage Tour of Homes comes on the first weekend December, along with an early evening Christmas parade, and caroling on the square in the historic downtown.