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Why can't Autumn stay like this?

songbird — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 13:47:13 GMT

I never seem to enjoy my favorite season. It's over too quickly. We're nearing the middle of November and winter is closing in. I always anticipate it in late September and it's pulling away.

Re: Why can't Autumn stay like this?

PINKdogWOOD — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 13:51:17 GMT

Sounds like you at least had an autumn this year. We went one day from 80degrees to 30s then 20s in about 2 weeks, no kidding. Temp dropped to the 20s and we've been stuck here since then.

This week coming up they're saying mid 40s for day temps. We haven't hit what they call seasonal temps yet.

Here's what I'm hoping - early winter in November, early spring in January?

Re: Why can't Autumn stay like this?

PINKdogWOOD — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 13:53:37 GMT

Side note - our leaves barely started to change colors or it didn't happen at all. We went from green still to down on the ground due to days worth of high winds, then an ice storm.

Spring & summer are my favs, not at all fall or winter.

Re: Why can't Autumn stay like this?

ValuSkr — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 13:58:57 GMT

We skipped Fall this year too. In early-October, we went from daily highs in the 80's to daily lows in the 30's and 40's. It's sad. I still have some garden clean-up to do and was saving it for Fall weather.

Re: Why can't Autumn stay like this?

Citrine1 — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 15:05:23 GMT

It's my favorite time of year, too. I agree that it never lasts long enough. Long summers, long winters and a few weeks of spring and autumn. Ah, such is life.

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Krimpette — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 15:11:55 GMT

We barely had any autumn this year, and zero Indian Summer. Straight to winter. Unusual for this area (metro-DC).

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threecees — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 15:25:56 GMT

Maybe we get a month of fall then it is early winter until very late spring.

In PA we've had major blizzards this year in April and November.

Have two seasons pretty much winter and summer anymore.

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dooBdoo — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 15:38:58 GMT

Autumn is my favorite time of the year. It's so beautiful when the trees begin to melt into bright, rich oranges, yellows, and reds, dripping their painted leaves to the ground, a glorious quilt reminiscent of our grandmothers' loving handiwork of pieced fabrics, batting and thread, cotton, soft beneath our feet. In recent years, the season grows shorter and shorter, and I fear before long we will join those 2-season areas and we'll wave farewell to the lovely autumn and spring we once knew. "The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let things go..." as the saying goes... I hope we don't have to let autumn go completely.

Re: Why can't Autumn stay like this?

PINKdogWOOD — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 16:42:09 GMT

@ValuSkr I hear you for sure, same here. We cleaned up/raked a truck load of leaves last Sunday, DH did the backyard Friday in the cold and wind! The last of the veggie vines, gone but we still have potatoes to harvest!!! Not sure after the freezes we've had even what they'll be like now. We got caught out with ice/sleet/rain storm this past week, and we can't seem to get rid of the rain in 30degree temps! Yeah it's c*appy out now, I hate it. HATE IT.

Re: Why can't Autumn stay like this?

kelsey17 — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 18:17:28 GMT

Fall is my favorite time too...and it does go too fast...it seemed this year we didn't enjoy much color...it seemed the leaves were green then more brown and to the ground quickly.....not as colorful & bright as usual....

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Citrine1 — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 23:28:25 GMT

I once read that people often favor the season in which they were born. I don't know how true this is, but it rings true for me. Favorite season is autumn and I was born in November. (Of course, my DH was also born in November, but he loves the summer best.)

Just wondering if any of you who have already responded that you're a "fall lover" were born in this season?

edited to add: It just occured to me that, among other things, maybe one of the reasons I love the fall so much is because I detest the heat of summer and the fall means those hot months are finally behind me.

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Shorty2U — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 23:44:08 GMT

I agree, we had hot, then rain rain and more rain, then like 2 weeks of Fall, then its been freezing since. Had 8 inches of snow and sleet days ago. No more Fall, goes from hot to freezing in no time in PA.

Re: Why can't Autumn stay like this?

RealtyGal2 — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 08:35:40 GMT

Move to Arizona. Half the year is autumn.

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Carmie — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:25:04 GMT

We got eight inches of snow this week and the leaves are still on the trees

still green, just beginning to turn colors.

Last winter lasted well into spring with a big snow storm, and we had rain, rain and more rain all summer long causing flooding and destroying everything in it's path. It is predicted that we are going to have another snowy wet cold winter too.

Oh, how I hate cold weather. Autumn, where is autumn? We didn't see it.

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twizzley — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:15:10 GMT

Our Autumn went by in a blink of an eye. ☹️

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akaburtonfan — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:36:43 GMT

We had fall -- seems like it started a bit early and then only lasted a few weeks. We've already had one snowstorm that dropped approx 13" and are currently getting more as I type. Winter has definitely arrived.

Re: Why can't Autumn stay like this?

dooBdoo — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 02:43:09 GMT

@Citrine1 wrote:
I once read that people often favor the season in which they were born. I don't know how true this is, but it rings true for me. Favorite season is autumn and I was born in November. (Of course, my DH was also born in November, but he loves the summer best.)
Just wondering if any of you who have already responded that you're a "fall lover" were born in this season?

edited to add: It just occured to me that, among other things, maybe one of the reasons I love the fall so much is because I detest the heat of summer and the fall means those hot months are finally behind me.

Hi, @Citrine1! Regarding the portion of your post I placed in bold text, autumn is my favorite season by far but I was born in a winter month. I hope you have (or had!) a happy November birthday!❤️