Try as I might, I can’t but help let my mood be affected by the time of year. And even though it’s just another date in the calendar, I always find myself feeling pretty sad at the beginning of September. It signals the beginning of the end of summer, darker mornings and nights, cooler weather, leaves falling off the trees, summer flowers dying, and the onset of winter.
I’m such a summer person. I’m truly at my best in summer. I love being outdoors, not wearing a coat, wearing sandals, days out.
I’ve seen a few blog posts over the past few days with people getting excited about the fact it’s September, because it means autumn and a change of season and Halloween and Christmas. Don’t get me wrong, I do like Halloween and Christmas. I think it’s just the transitional period when summer is on it’s way out and you’re still craving warm days and outdoor nights. I just can’t get excited about descending into coldness and darkness.
Its difficult to say goodbye to summer, especially when it hasn’t been so good this year.
Even worse, September so far seems to have struck with a vengeance this year – it’s not even a gentle decline into autumn so much as going to bed in August and walking up in November! Rain, clouds, temperature drops. I mean, come on!
On the plus side, I still have lots of nice summery stuff planned before I totally give in to autumn and it’s cold, damp, miserable clutches. Including a local festival this weekend, a long weekend in Cornwall, a road trip to a gig in Leeds, a wedding and a week in Italy.
On the negative side, when all that’s over AND it’s autumn proper I’ll probably be really miserable.
What’s your favourite time of year?
Autumn.
Sorry.
Pah!
I do love autumn and winter, but I also feel my mood kind of shifts when the days get shorter and darker. And winter where I live can come as early as October and linger till April :/
That’s a long winter! Where do you live?
lol Canada. It varies though every year. Last year, where I live, it was a fairly mild winter but the year before that we were stuck in a never ending deep freeze.
Mild winters here tend to be rainy, which sucks.
But then snow is fun as long as you don’t need to get to work.
I’ve moved jobs this year and now have a 30 mile drive (compared to 3 miles at my old job), so snow will be more of a problem.
Whereabouts in Canada? (sorry, not stalking you, just interested!)
No, worries 🙂 I live in Manitoba. And I do love snow, but when it surpasses my head then it’s a bit too much lol
Wow. That’s a lot of snow! I would have to hibernate for much of the year!
I feel exactly the same! 1st of September was beyond gloomy after a lovely sunny bank holiday at the end of August! Not okay with this! I’m going to make a list of things to keep me busy so I don’t notice until proper Autumn is here and I can at least be excited about pumpkins or something x
Good idea! Although I have oodles of nice things to look forward to and I’m still a September grouch!
Haha I do too! Still not ready to embrace September 🙂
Weirdly I like both… I like summer when it’s summer I. E. When it’s reliably hot for 2-3 weeks uninterrupted at the very least. At the moment I’m preferring autumn simply because if I know it’s cold I can read for it.
I feel particularly blah today. We’re going to a festival and I know that in the past on this weekend it’s been beautifully hot and sunny.
And, from a shallow point of view, I have a new straw cowboy hat I wanted to wear!