October in Loganville arrives one sweetgum at a time, and then the water oaks let go all at once in November. Bruners Landscaping meets it with leaf clearing, mowing while the Bermuda still wants cutting, edging, and a full sweep of the drive and walks. Underneath all of it is the red Piedmont clay that colors everything around here, boots included. There is genuine pleasure in handing back a yard that looks as though autumn happened somewhere else entirely. Then the short soft Georgia winter passes and the whole cycle begins again sooner than anybody expects.