@Superllama7 You’re apparently not from Iowa. One year we only had 2 days after a presidential election (1st term) of non-political ads and announcements/pre-announcements.
@sammydog01 All I know is I get blessed, blessed relief after the first freeze. Although as I get older, my allergies are getting worse. When I was a kid/teenager allergies never bothered me.
I’m still waiting for it to show up. Used to be that the weather here would cool noticeably around September 1st, and that (and school buses) would be unequivocal evidence that the summer was over.
I’m looking at the forecasts and not seeing anything that looks like fall yet. If it wasn’t for the eager-beaver tree out back that’s dribbling leaves on my car, you wouldn’t know it was even September yet.
The cool breezes that swirl the leaves and pluck at your hair and jacket, seeming somehow playful, puckish, friendly, especially compared to the harshness of a scorching summer blast, or the cutting winds of winter. The gusts of spring seem timid, shy around here, but autumn is outgoing and energizing, one last boost as we prepare for the hibernation to come.
I grew up in the snow belt. Fall had lots of sunshine (something often in short supply up there), warm during the day and cool at night. Spectacular leaf color.
Fall supposedly starts six days from now. It doesn’t really start feeling like fall until around Halloween. We’ve had some of the most stagnant humid days lately. Yesterday the forecast said it felt like 102° still. I felt like I was going to burn up in no time.
We don’t get the beautiful leaves changing. My oak tree will just eventually drop all of its leaves and look barren.
It’s been three years since we had a cool front during Halloween. It’s still been in the mid to high 80s.
That’s why Halloween is the highlight. Everything else still feels like summer. I don’t really have to wear pants until around January. Shorts and flip flops all the way.
I wish I could snowbird like a lot of people in Florida.
@RiotDemon We used to have meets on my birthday (mid-October) at Disneyland. Three to five days.
When they started, back in the last century, there would be at least one day of rain. The last five years (last meet was 2013), no rain. No jackets in the evening. Air conditioning on all night long.
This year we went from winter (what we call winter here in the southland) straight to summer, bypassed spring. Well, maybe we had a day or two of spring, but it wasn’t much.
Won’t have to listen to the fans in the morning going full blast to bring in the cool air, won’t have to shut the house up to keep the cool in during the heat of the day.
We probably have at least another month of heat, but at least it’s cooling down more at night.
NOTHING! Fall is depressing like death. Flowers die. Tomato and cucumber plants die. It’s dark 16 hours out of 24. I have Seasonal Affective Disorder so I cry for months. Nothing. Fall is the advent of five dark months of sad with no good tomatoes.
Snuggle weather, pumpkin carving, Halloween, dressing up, spooky fun, scary movies, roasting pumpkin seeds, pretty leaves… In a word, everything. It’s my favorite time of the year.
All the birthdays, fresh apples, fresh apple cider, the warmth of the sun contrasted by the crisp air, жатва (zhatva) celebrations of local Russian churches, freshly baked pastries, Thanksgiving… I’m sure I can think of more once it becomes autumn.
Once I do have to got to long pants and sweaters, I am not too happy about it, but I do like still wearing shorts and T-shirts and being comfortable for a few weeks.
Oh man, fall is a complicated season for me…
I like the cooler weather, but it doesn’t last long enough until it turns into the cold weather that I’m not a fan of.
I love the beautiful colors of the foliage, but it is all too brief and then they fall to ground, where I have to spend days and days and days, raking and raking and raking and that makes my back start aching and aching and aching; and then there’s always more raking.
I try to enjoy the good parts while I can, but there’s always this ever-present downward cycle…
The colors all fade to gray, the hours of sunlight dwindle to a precious few, and all the warmth goes with it.
Spring has some similar complications - more raking and aching to clean up all the leaves that blew back into the yard and all the debris that winter knocked off the trees; the temps are more pleasant, but for an even briefer period before the hot, hazy, humid weather comes on, etc.
But at least spring has the feeling of rejuvenation, coming out of hibernation, going from dismal, dark and gray to bright, sunny and green in a sudden burst of life.
I’m no poet, but I see where they all get their inspiration from…
Autumn is like dying, winter is a kind of purgatory, and spring is like being reborn.
Not an original thought, but truth is truth.
i like the colors of the leaves but, even more than that, the thing i like best about fall is that it means the end of shaving season. as soon as it cools enough for me to go back to jeans then i can also stop shaving my legs every day
Community events. It’s too hot in the summer and too unpredictable in winter (75 in the morning, snowing in the afternoon) for outdoor events so they are clustered in spring and fall.
Marching band season!
The end of campaign commercials
@Superllama7 “ads”? whatever…
@Superllama7 Oh… do they end?
@Superllama7 You’re apparently not from Iowa. One year we only had 2 days after a presidential election (1st term) of non-political ads and announcements/pre-announcements.
@msklzannie /giphy barf
The grass stops growing, or at least slows way down.
@Mothersnakes
Where I’m from, it speeds up because of all the rain, and only slows down in November.
Not sneezing my nose off from allergies. Taking a break from Benadryl and Pseudoephedrine.
@therealjrn You must not have ragweed where you live.
@sammydog01 All I know is I get blessed, blessed relief after the first freeze. Although as I get older, my allergies are getting worse. When I was a kid/teenager allergies never bothered me.
@shahnm Ain’t that the truth. This is the one time I miss New England. Autumn.
@shahnm Same here in So Cal. I like it because it’s slightly less hot.
Nothing, because it means winter’s not far behind.
Not having to shave my legs, except for special occasions. Who else is with me? Ladies?
@shampshire I had early onset menopause. Haven’t had to shave a leg in about 20 yrs.
(and yes… it is nice!)
@shampshire So jealous. Can’t even tell you. My peri men was 11 years. I think it’s finally over.
Having lived most of my life in the Piney Woods, I really like all the fall colors.
I’m still waiting for it to show up. Used to be that the weather here would cool noticeably around September 1st, and that (and school buses) would be unequivocal evidence that the summer was over.
I’m looking at the forecasts and not seeing anything that looks like fall yet. If it wasn’t for the eager-beaver tree out back that’s dribbling leaves on my car, you wouldn’t know it was even September yet.
/giphy eager beaver
Absolutely nothing, colder weather sucks, pants suck, long sleeves aren’t fun and all these damn stupid “holidays” I’m ready for next May already.
@cammi1 I hate wearing pants
The coming of winter.
It still being dark at 6am. Fuck off, Sun!
Cooler weather for the few days we’ll actually have it before winter sets in and it’ll be too cold.
Fuck fall.
I am really looking forward to wearing jeans again (just as I like the thought of shorts before summer).
@mfladd
You’re looking good there!
@mfladd Part of the 0.5% of the population that looks good in skinny jeans.
@mfladd Ummm…
Not sweating like a pig every time I walk outside to get the mail.
Turning off the A/C, opening the windows, and being comfortable 24/7 for a few months
@FightingMongoos Nice. That only lasts a couple of weeks here.
Living in SoCal the summer pretty much doesn’t end.
Extended best awesome weather of the year, no contest.
May fall please just run on into January!!!
(Some years, rarely, it does.)
The cool breezes that swirl the leaves and pluck at your hair and jacket, seeming somehow playful, puckish, friendly, especially compared to the harshness of a scorching summer blast, or the cutting winds of winter. The gusts of spring seem timid, shy around here, but autumn is outgoing and energizing, one last boost as we prepare for the hibernation to come.
Also, pies. I’ma eat so many pies.
/giphy pies
@simplersimon You gonna eat that?
@phendrick @simplersimon You wouldn’t eat a raspberry pie (even if it lacks one ingrEdient)?
@phendrick I went through a half dozen gifs of feet before this came up, and I figured at least it isn’t feet.
I grew up in the snow belt. Fall had lots of sunshine (something often in short supply up there), warm during the day and cool at night. Spectacular leaf color.
Thanksgiving, of course. Best holiday of all.
/giphy family and food
@2many2no Good work Giphy! For once.
@Fuzzalini Yeah, only took about 10 tries.
Consistently sub-90º overnight lows will be nice. Also I love how early it gets dark and how late it stays dark. I fucking hate the sun.
Fall also means it might finally be cool enough to go camping soon.
And yeah, Halloween is great too. Thanksgiving is okay sometimes.
Getting back to Florida! No snow shovels, icy roads, bags of rock salt by the door, boots, gloves, etc
@JoeSeadog I’m jealous of snowbirds. I look forward to that thing called retirement.
Hunting season!
I finally get to attempt to kill something without incurring societal condemnation.
Everything. It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
Football
Fall supposedly starts six days from now. It doesn’t really start feeling like fall until around Halloween. We’ve had some of the most stagnant humid days lately. Yesterday the forecast said it felt like 102° still. I felt like I was going to burn up in no time.
We don’t get the beautiful leaves changing. My oak tree will just eventually drop all of its leaves and look barren.
It’s been three years since we had a cool front during Halloween. It’s still been in the mid to high 80s.
That’s why Halloween is the highlight. Everything else still feels like summer. I don’t really have to wear pants until around January. Shorts and flip flops all the way.
I wish I could snowbird like a lot of people in Florida.
@RiotDemon We used to have meets on my birthday (mid-October) at Disneyland. Three to five days.
When they started, back in the last century, there would be at least one day of rain. The last five years (last meet was 2013), no rain. No jackets in the evening. Air conditioning on all night long.
So over the heat.
@RiotDemon
Yeah, oak leaves tend to turn brown. Maple and birch are great for color.
Only gushing sweat sometimes.
Opening the windows, less AC, less humidity, campfires (either while camping or at home)
I’m going on vacation.
I live in Texas, so I’m looking forward to the slightly less hot weather broken by an occasional OMG IT’S SO FREAKING COLD TURN OFF THE WIND day.
the first frost killing all the bugs.
That summer (and the heat) is over.
This year we went from winter (what we call winter here in the southland) straight to summer, bypassed spring. Well, maybe we had a day or two of spring, but it wasn’t much.
Won’t have to listen to the fans in the morning going full blast to bring in the cool air, won’t have to shut the house up to keep the cool in during the heat of the day.
We probably have at least another month of heat, but at least it’s cooling down more at night.
NOTHING! Fall is depressing like death. Flowers die. Tomato and cucumber plants die. It’s dark 16 hours out of 24. I have Seasonal Affective Disorder so I cry for months. Nothing. Fall is the advent of five dark months of sad with no good tomatoes.
Snuggle weather, pumpkin carving, Halloween, dressing up, spooky fun, scary movies, roasting pumpkin seeds, pretty leaves… In a word, everything. It’s my favorite time of the year.
All the birthdays, fresh apples, fresh apple cider, the warmth of the sun contrasted by the crisp air, жатва (zhatva) celebrations of local Russian churches, freshly baked pastries, Thanksgiving… I’m sure I can think of more once it becomes autumn.
Once I do have to got to long pants and sweaters, I am not too happy about it, but I do like still wearing shorts and T-shirts and being comfortable for a few weeks.
Oh man, fall is a complicated season for me…
I like the cooler weather, but it doesn’t last long enough until it turns into the cold weather that I’m not a fan of.
I love the beautiful colors of the foliage, but it is all too brief and then they fall to ground, where I have to spend days and days and days, raking and raking and raking and that makes my back start aching and aching and aching; and then there’s always more raking.
I try to enjoy the good parts while I can, but there’s always this ever-present downward cycle…
The colors all fade to gray, the hours of sunlight dwindle to a precious few, and all the warmth goes with it.
Spring has some similar complications - more raking and aching to clean up all the leaves that blew back into the yard and all the debris that winter knocked off the trees; the temps are more pleasant, but for an even briefer period before the hot, hazy, humid weather comes on, etc.
But at least spring has the feeling of rejuvenation, coming out of hibernation, going from dismal, dark and gray to bright, sunny and green in a sudden burst of life.
I’m no poet, but I see where they all get their inspiration from…
Autumn is like dying, winter is a kind of purgatory, and spring is like being reborn.
Not an original thought, but truth is truth.
i like the colors of the leaves but, even more than that, the thing i like best about fall is that it means the end of shaving season. as soon as it cools enough for me to go back to jeans then i can also stop shaving my legs every day
Community events. It’s too hot in the summer and too unpredictable in winter (75 in the morning, snowing in the afternoon) for outdoor events so they are clustered in spring and fall.
The smell. Dry leaves and wood smoke in cool air. Nothing in the world like it.