Back Home in Ocala … again.
We had to make another trip out to the Panhandle yesterday. I was amazed at how much more colorful the woods were in just the past eight days! Last week the wild fox grapevines were turning and created beautiful mottled patterns in shades of greens and golds.
This week it was more that just the grapevines in transition, it was the wild cherry, the willow, the sweet gum trees! There were not only golds, but reds as well! It is a subtle change in north Florida, but dramatic all the same. I can’t imagine what changes must be already occurring in the northern states!
We got back to Ocala late yesterday afternoon and had “new eyes” with which to savor the green rolling hills and beautiful horse farms.
We’ve had inquiries about the home from several Canadian couples, and from others in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Michigan, and a number of other places. We’ve had “company” several weeks ago from Wisconsin and we have a gentleman coming in from Key West on Monday.
I guess I usually think about people moving down to escape the cold. It doesn’t readily occur to me unless I really stop to consider that others, who have already discovered and enjoy Florida’s favorable climate, are discovering that Ocala is a much more afforable area of the state in which to live!
