It sounds like in times past, cotton picking may have been a thing like spud harvest or corn detasseling, where they hire out to school kids to help with. Grueling, but good pay. However, I can also see why someone might want to never ever do it again...
As to leaves, yes, there are a fair amount that change color, but so far the leaves haven't seemed as clear as in other places--I don't know if there are leaf illnesses in the trees near me, or if it has to do with the way the weather turns very slowly, but a lot of the leaves I've seen are part colored, part brown (or colored with brown spots). Tulip trees go yellow, and of course sweetgum are all different colors on the same tree. Lots of oak too, though, and they just turn brown and fall off. Still, it's a lot better than when we lived in Charleston! The leaves don't change at all there; they stay green all winter and only fall off in the spring when they get new ones.
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Date: 2015-10-17 10:29 am (UTC)As to leaves, yes, there are a fair amount that change color, but so far the leaves haven't seemed as clear as in other places--I don't know if there are leaf illnesses in the trees near me, or if it has to do with the way the weather turns very slowly, but a lot of the leaves I've seen are part colored, part brown (or colored with brown spots). Tulip trees go yellow, and of course sweetgum are all different colors on the same tree. Lots of oak too, though, and they just turn brown and fall off. Still, it's a lot better than when we lived in Charleston! The leaves don't change at all there; they stay green all winter and only fall off in the spring when they get new ones.