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E-mail YingEvery August, my husband and I look at each other and ask, “What happened to summer?” Then we start assembling school supplies, picking apples (we have 2 trees in our garden), making pesto, ordering firewood, digging out the jeans and sweaters, and generally getting on with autumn. I love fall. It’s my favourite season, I’m somewhat obsessive about school supplies (I desperately coveted the 64-pack of Laurentian pencil crayons, all through elementary school), and I love it when the evenings get cool enough to wear a cardigan as I stroll by the lake.
But this year, I’m just not feeling it. My kids are going to school (eek!) and daycare (double eek!) next week. Nick’s already started his course prep. But here I am, thinking, “Autumn. Huh. Maybe I’ll make another batch of ice cream.”
I assume that something, in the next week, will nudge me into gear.
How about you? Are you eager for September? Idling, like me? Grimly resolved, come what may?
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I tend to think that I love summer and loathe autumn, but it always turns out that it’s the other way round. So I’m now waiting to realize that I do love autumn after all.
I LOVE fall. I can’t wait for it to come. And make ice cream? Oooh. I need to learn how.
Autumn is definitely one of my favorite seasons ever. There are a lot of trees in my neighborhood, so you practically have to swim through leaves to get to my front door. Autumn is always such a relief, because it’s always so hot and humid during Summer. Fall is like a splash of cool water after you’ve been in a suana for fifteen minutes.
Aw! I hope soon you’re able to fall back in love with Autumn!
For me, September of 2012 is kind of exciting but …I don’t know… a little bit daunting. I have some really big goals that I’m going to work my butt off trying to achieve (writing goals and goals involving doing more for my community w/volunteer work) so I’m worried that I won’t be too successful but whatever, here’s to jumping in headfirst anyway !
But for everyone I think Autumn is a sort of fresh start, everything is brand spanking new and still a little bit sparkly. It doesn’t really feel like the end of summer’s freedom as much as it feels like an extension of summer into a different kind of freedom that every new year brings. To me, September is the month that truly begins the new year.
Anyway, I hope you have a great Autumn!
I love summer for what it represents — free time and no need for layers upon layers of clothing. But autumn always finds its way into my good graces, with its warm colour scheme and wonderful scents and crisp winds.