It’s the first day of autumn
2008-09-22On the one hand, the first day of autumn can be something of a bummer. I usually feel like I missed “summer”, whatever that means.
Though, usually, what that means is camping. And, really, it’s just too hot here in the summer to enjoy going camping. The better camping weather is in the fall. And, you know, Crystal and I are going camping in a couple of weeks….
And fall really is my favorite season….
Hmm. Maybe I’m just looking for reasons to be down.
i am not making fun of your post here… but i really do like autumn because it’s a good time to be down! the weather, the visuals, things dying off.. it just seems like an appropriately somber time of year.
Actually, I totally get what you’re saying, and that’s actually why I like late autumn.
I think that I divide the season into two parts. Early autumn is when the weather gets comfortable but things are still alive and bouncy. Mid-September to mid-October. It’s like all the nice bits of summer without the irritating parts.
And then late autumn comes. The leaves fall from the trees, leaving bare branches that rattle in the cold wind. And yeah, that’s when my mind turns to horror gaming and somber thoughts and things like that. Which, being the melancholic that I am, really does work for me.
And here I like autumn because of all the pretty colors. Didn’t realize how out-of-tune I was. Silly optimist, fall is for pessemists!