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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat is your favorite season? Mine is Spring with Fall a very close second. How about you?
marble falls
(73,263 posts)debm55
(62,406 posts)True Dough
(27,591 posts)Personally, I'm a fan of spring and fall, just like you, deb.
debm55
(62,406 posts)rsdsharp
(12,120 posts)It gets cooler
The leaves turn
Football!
Baseball pennant races and playoffs
The Holidays Halloween, Thanksgiving, most of Christmas (Try telling a kid Halloween isnt a holiday second only to Christmas)
Did I mention football?
debm55
(62,406 posts)debm55
(62,406 posts)DBoon
(25,238 posts)I have no particular favorite
- DBoon, Los Angeles
debm55
(62,406 posts)DBoon
(25,238 posts)and overall the weather is nice. The wildfires are terrifying and it has been getting worse for the last 20 years.
My real favorite is late winter/spring - usually it has been raining and everything is green You can see snow caps on the local mountains.
berniesandersmittens
(13,211 posts)I love cold weather. Find it comforting to wear layers and curl up with tea and a book.
debm55
(62,406 posts)multigraincracker
(38,255 posts)Only they pass so quickly now at my age.
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debm55
(62,406 posts)Polly Hennessey
(9,036 posts)Gotta love Fall. Did I mention I hate Summer.
debm55
(62,406 posts)gets to me. Enjoy the Fall.
Jeebo
(2,564 posts)I'm a Southern boy. I HATE cold weather.
-- Ron
debm55
(62,406 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(11,732 posts)Yep. Also a Southern boy and I do not like it cold.
So, I moved to Minnesota!
(I do miss being able to wear shorts almost year round. Growing up on and near the Outer Banks, we would sometimes be wearing big, parka-like coats, work boots, and cargo shorts. Out on the boat fishing... legs freaking red from the cold wind, nose running, wearing gloves and rain gear because of the spray... and still wearing shorts. Beach Bums Unite!)
debm55
(62,406 posts)nuxvomica
(14,361 posts)and the frosty slumber of winter looms ahead in our thoughts
so that every hour of daylight becomes more precious
and every twilight more golden
and just breathing is itself a refreshment.
So, the fall.
debm55
(62,406 posts)Figarosmom
(14,441 posts)I no longer have to go out and drive in the snow or start the car. I can enjoy the season now. I hate summer now, too damn hot.
debm55
(62,406 posts)no_hypocrisy
(55,624 posts)Like now where we're going from summer to fall. I look forward to the annual Indian Summer week-end in October.
debm55
(62,406 posts)Emile
(43,934 posts)debm55
(62,406 posts)Harker
(18,300 posts)debm55
(62,406 posts)Harker
(18,300 posts)I can't even recall the last time I broke into a trot, Deb, and I've lost enough teeth on skates.
debm55
(62,406 posts)Harker
(18,300 posts)🦷
debm55
(62,406 posts)SheltieLover
(82,473 posts)debm55
(62,406 posts)debm55
(62,406 posts)Bluestocking
(869 posts)I like warm weather and the pool is open
debm55
(62,406 posts)dem4decades
(14,595 posts)electric_blue68
(27,775 posts)and like, say, 3 weeks later new green shoots begin peeking out! 😄🩷
Oh, well. I had a freak accident on ice that left me w left arm/shoulder ripped rotator cuff muscles over 30 yrs ago. Nasty stuff, recovered. But as a dominant lefty I couldn't work for several months.
So winter became a more fraught experience! No snow, especially No ice!
I do like a clear batch of fresh clean snow, even still. It looks pretty sparkling in the sun.
debm55
(62,406 posts)CrispyQ
(41,174 posts)In Colorado, the sky is a shade of blue in October that you don't see any other month. Not everyday, of course, but on those glorious days the blue is so pure & deep. Pretty sure that's why the Broncos' colors are blue & orange, for the sky & trees in the fall.
debm55
(62,406 posts)CTyankee
(68,585 posts)into wonderful fall colors (esp. the maple tree my husband planted when we first moved in, over 30 years ago!).
debm55
(62,406 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,762 posts)That will start in another month or so. Bah.
debm55
(62,406 posts)Diamond_Dog
(41,409 posts)Except Winter is too long. It should only last 1 month.
debm55
(62,406 posts)catbyte
(39,427 posts)gives everything a golden glow. The vibrant colors of leaves as they're changing. Football (don't judge me, lol), the crisp, cool air. I love it all.
debm55
(62,406 posts)LogDog75
(1,436 posts)The hot days of summer are over and Fall is just about right in temperature to do things comfortably outdoors. It's neither too warm or too cold.
debm55
(62,406 posts)electric_blue68
(27,775 posts)My B-d is 3/21. It's usually the first partial to full day of Spring.
But it took me years to realize that in NYC it wouldn't begin to look like Spring untill about the second or so week of April when little bright spring-green tree leaves started coming out.
Then, the succession of beautiful colorful flowers! Flowering crab apples, and cherry trees!
(am I enthusiastic enough for you?! 😉 )
The best of Summer for me is low humidty, and around 78°F - 83°F being outside. It only happens part of the time. And I need some A/C even w this, especially at night indoors.
Then there are the humid days even at like 75°f°-85f°f. Yuck . I can take a dry 90°f - 91°fonce in while. Anything higher, and more humid - blah.
debm55
(62,406 posts)electric_blue68
(27,775 posts)Dulcinea
(10,420 posts)Spring in GA is beautiful! It would be perfect except for the pollen every year. But summer is & always has been my favorite time of year. Shorts & flip flops forever! I hate the cold. I've lived in GA for 36 years & I've lost my taste for long cold winters.
Alpeduez21
(2,083 posts)debm55
(62,406 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,252 posts)Love the cooler weather and the leaves changing color.
debm55
(62,406 posts)justaprogressive
(7,282 posts)don't have to go to school!
debm55
(62,406 posts)Alpeduez21
(2,083 posts)I work outside so its brutally hot and humid but I really like it. No jackets or long socks and pants. Just shorts and T shirts. The sun is out FOREVER. I just jump in water and its all good. I love cooking out. Yes definitely summer for me
debm55
(62,406 posts)JMCKUSICK
(6,806 posts)The colors and the gift of cooler temps and less humidity make up for a long summer.
debm55
(62,406 posts)pandr32
(14,307 posts)Spring and Fall are awesome if you don't live in a tropical climate. I grew up in Canada and spent several years on the West Coast of WA State, so seasons figured prominently. Not so much here in Hawaii.
debm55
(62,406 posts)pandr32
(14,307 posts)right now.
Tikki
(15,270 posts)just begun.
We did not have an August rain here..usually do.
Summer usually runs on through October..once in a while up to Thanksgiving, with the warm Santa Ana winds
some times right through to the end of the year.
Tikki
debm55
(62,406 posts)whathehell
(30,574 posts)debm55
(62,406 posts)whathehell
(30,574 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,571 posts)Light sweater, cool weather, leaves start changing colors.
debm55
(62,406 posts)Duncanpup
(15,651 posts)debm55
(62,406 posts)mike_c
(37,152 posts)Basically October - April. Come on October!
debm55
(62,406 posts)doc03
(39,229 posts)debm55
(62,406 posts)MIButterfly
(3,399 posts)If I had to pick one, I guess it would be spring. New beginnings and all.
I basically just wanted to respond to tell you how much I enjoy your questions. I look forward to them every day. You are a treasure, debm55!