What Do You Love About Autumn?

[digger]

Berries everywhere.

I am adding more bird friendly hedging to my garden each year, so even when most of the flowers are over there should still be some colour for a while from berries.

Being able to get home and warm.

Yes, there is something good about coming back and getting warm and dry when you've been 'weathered' ;)

 

[Hope69]

Cool evenings and the still hot sun during the day.
The leaves changing colours.
A campfire at dusk.
Curling up under a warm blanket as the coolness sets in.
Making tea at sunset.
The knowing that while winter is coming, spring, summer and autumn will all roll around again and with that so will new possibilities.
Remembering how I used to be excited for school and how I took my kids by the hands for their first days after a summer break.

 

[Gadgie]

I don't like the autumn, as it tells me that winter is coming, and that really depresses me?

Don't get me wrong, I like seeing all the colours of the trees that comes with the autumn, but that's about it.

 

[Abstract]

My best weather of the year. Love it! I can wear more layers and the shoes I need to wear make more sense. Summer not so much. My feet don't do sandals well and I hate being hot. My ankles also swell less.

Everything feels cleaner and more vibrant to me. I like the change in the length of the day. When I'm stuck in me it lets me feel like time and something is moving even if I'm not.

I don't have to wade neck deep through people and sky gazing tourists to get anywhere. Hate doing that. Gets my over stimulation level up!

Not glam reasons but they are mine and important to me. ;-)

 

[EveHarrington]

Pumpkin spice EVERYTHING!

Lol kidding I don't like pumpkin. This craze is going cray-cray.

Crisp air
Sweater weather
Fall holidays
Apples YUM!
Falling leaves
Colorful trees
Sleeping with Windows open

Tomorrow is going to be 95+

Summer can go away!

 

[trying2movefwd]

I lived in the Midwest most of my life, then moved to the desert for a while. It was then that I realized Autumn or what I call "fall" is indeed my favorite season. Im back in the Midwest and eager to enjoy the fall weather. What I love about the season.... the smell...the rain yet crispy leaves, wearing long sleeves but not needing to bundle up. Marshmallow roasts, fire pits, boots, pumpkins, Apple's, hot drinks, the beauty of the colorful hills and trees. It's my favorite time of year to hike. It's my least triggering season! :)

 

[Missycat]

Cooler / milder weather
Crisp and sunny weather on a morning - seeing your breath in the cool air
Glistening frost that covers the ground
Wrapping up warm to go for a walk in the woods
The colour of the leaves on the trees
Kicking up the leaves
Bonfire night - pie and peas and parkin cake :hungry:
Better TV programmes
Football (soccer)
Walks on the beach and less people about
Build up to winter and christmas

 

[digger]

The knowing that while winter is coming, spring, summer and autumn will all roll around again and with that so will new possibilities.

When I'm stuck in me it lets me feel like time and something is moving even if I'm not.

This is actually really important for me to keep in my head - that the seasons are a cycle and times of light and growth and warmth do come round again. And that nature can at least be relied on to keep doing its thing. I know that's not quite what you were saying @Abstract, but it helped take my head that way. I need to keep in mind that the work I'm doing now in my garden, that feels like an 'end', is actually part of that cycle - what I'm doing now is preparation for things to thrive better come the Spring and that the plants need that down time to rest and regenerate. I am already getting some more hedge plants to plant this Autumn, but I think I will let myself buy some more Spring flowering bulbs to plant too. I think part of what I love about the Summer and Spring is that I get to be busy and distracted and Autumn takes some of that away, but maybe I need to take a lesson from the plants and attempt to embrace the downtime more ;)

Pumpkin spice EVERYTHING!

Lol kidding I don't like pumpkin.

:D

fire pits,

Yeah, I need to have a fire, my hair hasn't smelt of woodsmoke for far too long.

seeing your breath in the cool air
Glistening frost that covers the ground

:) yes, and dewdrops on spiderwebs

 

[digger]

I walked in the woods this morning with my dog. The birch leaves are falling. Many many moon ago I knew this guy who had an ambition to catch a falling leaf. He was one of the good guys and there haven't been many of them. I hope he caught one or that it's still something he sees the magic in. I think that's a nice ambition to have.

 

[Lucycat]

Blackberries.

 

[Ronin]

the end/beginning of the year falls at Samhain (31 October). :)

Which just reminded me of what?

Dia de los Muertos :D The Day of the Dead is hands down my favorite feast of the year.

 

[Deleted member 29920]

All of the above plus

Halloween :happy: