Is this your favorite time of year?

[redqueen]

It sure is mine... cooler weather, longer nights, my favorite holidays... *happy sigh*

I've been counting the days till I could start with the halloween decorations. :D

And I can't wait to use the fireplace!

[Hugin]

1. Yes.

To put it mildly. :)

[redqueen]

17. :)

:bounce:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear redqueen!

Fall, and Spring, are my favorite seasons!

It's always such a relief to be away from the scorching heat of summer...

But I miss those long days.......

Still...it's a lovely time of year!

:bounce: :bounce:

[redqueen]

18. My dear CaliforniaPeggy!

I've always loved the longer nights... if only I had someone to spend 'em with. ;)

:hi:

[AlCzervik]

3. i love the fall, i wish it was more fall like here though.

Halloween and Thanksgiving are my 2 favorite holidays although i guess Halloween is not technically a holiday--but it is in my house.

[redqueen]

19. Who says it's not a holiday?

It is so!

Oh, do you mean like a bank holiday holiday? Like with a day off work and all that? Yeah... but it should be. :D

[AlCzervik]

22. my favorite part of halloween is when you get the first timers, the toddlers

that still kind of walk like Godzilla and are sometimes hesitant about how the whole process works, i love them and they get lots of candy from Me.

[johnnie]

4. Love the weather

Not really big on Halloween.

[redqueen]

20. Thanksgiving? Christmas?

Um... Columbus Day?

:shrug:

[johnnie]

24. I like Thanksgiving

Christmas used to be cool, now it's just a headache.

[redqueen]

40. Aw

:(

But...but...but... Linus!

[billyskank]

5. I have not been looking forward to the nights drawing in.

And now they are. I think this winter is going to be a tough one.

[redqueen]

21. Aw sweetie...

:pals:

Why the fuck is "Lean on Me" playing in my head now?

[billyskank]

35. Thanks.

:hug:

I have no idea why what happens happens in your head. :D

[redqueen]

41. Well what am I paying you for, then?

x(

[billyskank]

44. I never understood that.

I would have done it for free. :7

[bigwillq]

6. YES!

I love Autumn! :bounce:

[redqueen]

23. YES!

:bounce:

:hi:

[Phillycat]

7. Yes!

Other than the fact that it's 85 degrees and humid here today AGAIN (AARGH!) it's been beautiful. I love the fall. :)

[redqueen]

25. Yeah, well...

I'm a native Texan, so for us, 85 is fall weather. :D

I'm used to waiting a little longer for 'real' fall-like weather. It'll be here by the end of the month I'm sure!

[XemaSab]

8. I think so, yeah

This and early spring. :)

[redqueen]

26. Spring is good, too...

:hi:

[XemaSab]

61. Nah, I think I really prefer fall.

Start of migration.

Of course, fall migration starts on or about July 1 and goes until November, so yeah, fall. :)

[grace0418]

9. I love the fall but HATE winter. Hate it. So I always have some mixed feelings

right about now. I wish I lived somewhere without harsh winters.

[LanternWaste]

11. I'll trade you...

I'll trade you three of your winters for one of my north Texas summers... :P

[redqueen]

27. Hahahahah...

Someday I am going to spend a winter (or at least a few weeks :P) somewhere with SNOW. Real, live, actual SNOW!

[LanternWaste]

53. I'm at the point...

I'm at the point where I'm seriously beginning to doubt the existence of this "snow" everyone keeps talking about...

Slush? It's real. Hail? Ditto. Snow? A complex conspiracy designed by Yankees and meteorologists to, well... designed to do something.

[redqueen]

55. Don't forget the ICE!

I love how the whole area practically shuts down whenever there's ice on the roads. :)

[LanternWaste]

69. Or that we drive 35 mph on the freeway when it drizzles...

Or that we drive 35 mph on the freeway when it drizzles...

(You're as cynical as I am-- I knew there was a reason I liked you)

[IntravenousDemilo]

62. Try Saskatchewan in January. The novelty will soon wear off. n/m

[redqueen]

64. Yes... I know you're right about that.

No extremes for me, either way.

:)

[MissMillie]

10. pretty much

the only downside is that the students have returned to campus. :evilgrin:

It's going to get warm here the next couple of days, and then cool down for Sunday and Monday. I'm glad it will be cooler on Monday. It's the Tufts 10K here. Last year when I ran this race it was 84 degrees... way too hot to be running (IMHO).

I'm not running this year, but I'm glad it will be comfortable for those that are running.

Maybe I'll come into town and cheer some of those folk on.

[redqueen]

28. Heh...

but aren't some of the students hot? And therefore pleasant to watch?

:evilgrin:

[MissMillie]

43. a guess a few turn my head

they're all so young it's hard to find that attractive.

Not to mention that for people who are supposed to be bright, these folks seem to have an awfully hard time following directions.

[redqueen]

45. Heh... well the dull ones certainly aren't so interesting... but...

well, I only wish I found 'young' hard to be attracted to.

I am such a perv. :blush:

[MissMillie]

65. I guess these days I'm only turned on by

what might provide me with long-term committment. While young folks are not incapable of committment, the probability is low.

[Parche]

12. NO NO NO NO NO NO

I like the summer...............hot...............and hot sights.........

:hi:

[redqueen]

29. That's right, you're not from Texas...

;)

Wait, are you from Nevada, by chance? New Mexico, perhaps? Can you not feel our pain during those HOT HOT HOT summers?

[sundog]

13. yup

love it :)

[redqueen]

30. !

:hug:

[Crazy Dave]

14. Right after Halloween for me

And definitely before all the Christmas holiday madness and traffic :hi:

[redqueen]

31. Aw, I love the madness and traffic too...

okay, not so much the traffic... :P

:hi:

[NewWaveChick1981]

15. Yes. Autumn is my favorite time of year!

Spring is a close second. :D

[billyskank]

32. Hey you

:hi:

I see you are nearing your 15K milestone. :*

[NewWaveChick1981]

47. Hi, sweetie!

:* Yes, I am. :)

[redqueen]

34. That's a popular combo...

I don't even know if I have a second-favorite... I think it might be winter.

:)

[NewWaveChick1981]

49. Yeah, I like winter OK, but summer SUCKS.

:) That's why it's autumn first and spring second for me!

[The2ndWheel]

16. Only way it could be better

is if it was colder and snowier.

If it got dark at 2pm, I wouldn't mind.

I always did find the fall/winter sunrises and sunsets much more...something.

Stand outside at 3am, and just look up at a crisp, sold, clear sky. Just with your eyes, no telescopes or anything.

When the snow is really coming down in the middle of the night, and nothing is moving around, no cars, all you can hear is the wind...good stuff.

[redqueen]

37. Oh YES!

There is something about the night sky in winter... it just seems clearer, more beautiful.

I need to move somewhere with snow... I must experience this.

[mvd]

33. Yep, now through January 2

My favorite time of year started when fall began. I love the cooler weather (though it still feels like summer for now - ugh,) and am a big Christmas fan. Yes, Christmas has become too commercialized, but I like the gift getting/receiving and remember the true meaning of Christmas. Our family gets each other nice stuff for Christmas, but we never feel we have to overdo it. An enjoyable gift is not always expensive. This Christmas, I'm asking for some CDs: Bruce Springsteen's Magic, Vanessa Carlton's Heroes & Thieves, Lucy Walsh's Lost In The Lights, Debbie Harry's Necessary Evil, and Kyle Lardner's Sail Among the Stars among them.

Also, I'll be sparser on DU this fall when I do post, so don't worry. :hi:

[redqueen]

38. Yes, the spirit of the season...

that's the part that's so nice. :)

Are you worried we would be worried cause you won't be posting so much? Thanks for the heads up, I won't send out a search party. :P

[mvd]

52. LOL

I just know DUers worry sometimes when there are breaks.

[mvd]

98. I'm glad you enjoy the season, too

The present giving is nice if it doesn't stress you out (if it does, then you are looking for the wrong gifts,) but there would be no Christmas without Christ and the spirit He started.

[RebelOne]

36. Winter is my favorite time. I love cold weather.

Of course, up here in the Atlanta area, our winters are quite mild compared with the northern states. But they are much nicer than the winters in South Florida where I lived most of my life. Winter there is almost nonexistent.

[redqueen]

39. Yes, I think winter is my second-favorite.

:hi:

[DS1]

42. A chill in the air does get me frisky

I like it when things cool down to my ideal operating temperature

[redqueen]

46. Frisky is definitely good.

:)

Someone told me the body operates best at cooler temperatures. I dunno if that's true, but... well... I did hear that once.

[Pierre.Suave]

48. my favorite time of year

is the times spent snuggling with my lovely, sweet, adorable, beautiful, and incredibly awesome GF.

[redqueen]

50. *sigh*

Aw now you've made me all yearny. :P

Isn't all that snuggling all the more pleasant in the cold weather? You know it is!

[Pierre.Suave]

51. It is fun too, and certainly a good excuse (as if I needed one)

but, in the warm months, snuggling is done with less clothing...:evilgrin:

[stuntcat]

54. it makes me sad

watching all my plants outside die :(

I do love the smell and feel of Fall though, and Halloween is my favorite holiday :headbang: but after October 31st all I look forward to is the Charlie Brown Christmas show and then Spring.

[redqueen]

56. Aw...

What, no New Year's Eve festivities?

[stuntcat]

97. just

just five minutes of TV and a kiss at midnight :cry: well I do love the cheap champagne.. Maybe we should find a party to go to this time around!

[tjwmason]

57. I'm afraid not - my least favourite.

Everything is dieing.

The birds are going away, the leaves are turning brown, the nights are getting darker, the weather is getting colder.

[billyskank]

58. Hey

:hug:

[redqueen]

60. Yes...

I seem to have a fondness for death and darkness.

Sorry you're not enjoying the changing weather... :pals:

[IntravenousDemilo]

59. Hell no!

This is the time of year when people start putting their coats on, depriving me of one of my favourite pastimes, which is looking at hot, tanned bodies in revealing clothes.

[redqueen]

63. But... coats are so snuggly!

I'm more fond of hermity, chubby types. :P

[IntravenousDemilo]

66. They are snuggly. I just wish they weren't such a necessity in Canada.

I'm a hermity, chubby type (though I'm off to the gym shortly). I'm taken, though. :)

Hey, you're sneaking up on 45,000 posts! Will there be cake?

[redqueen]

67. Yes! And ...

There will be tables and chairs!

There'll be pony rides and dancing bears!

There'll even be a band!

No currencies at all!

We're gonna live on our wits!

We're gonna throw away survival kits, trade butterfly-knives for adderal, and that's not all...

There will be snacks!

[IntravenousDemilo]

70. You poet you... n/m

[redqueen]

72. Well... Andrew Bird is... those are his lyrics.

:)

[IntravenousDemilo]

73. I just gave the song a listen. He sounds kind of like Rufus Wainwright.

Which is pretty darn good in my books. Thanks. Now I have to hear some of Andrew Bird's other stuff.

[stuntcat]

75. lol I don't know where you're livin'

But in my neighborhood I'm just glad people have their stuff covered up :7

[IntravenousDemilo]

111. Hee hee

In my neighbourhood all the men look like Ryan Reynolds and all the women look like Evangeline Lilly. ;)

[LSK]

68. when I am not working

But for the purposes of this thread, I vote fall, spring, summer, winter in that order from favorite to least.

[redqueen]

71. Work outdoors?

[LSK]

74. no

[Mike03]

76. Not especially

I love the period from late March to October 1st, and then usually my depression sets in for the rest of the year. I've tried everything from antidepressants to Vitamin D, Fish Oil and Sun Lamps to make this period of time more liveable, but really they have not helped too much.

I wish I were a bear, so I could simply hibernate until Spring Training.

[redqueen]

77. I would like to be a panda bear...

but they don't hibernate, do they?

:shrug:

Anyway... sorry to hear about your symptoms... I hope you find something to make things a little easier for you this year.
:pals:

[Mike03]

101. Aww, thanks

You are very kind. I hope you have a wonderful year ahead.

[trof]

78. 5 p.m. The Cocktail Hour

[TK421]

79. It's my favorite, too...and it won't be long until my favorite meal of the year

which would have to be Thanksgiving. Screw this hot weather...it reached the low 80's today, and it's frigging October.

[redqueen]

82. Mmmm yes!

Thanksgiving... :9

[cobalt1999]

80. Mixed feelings about Fall

I like the fact that most of the tourists have left Florida, the extreme heat is over but it's still warm enough to swim, college football season is going strong, and the early mornings are in the low 70's which makes for nice running weather.

On the other hand, Fall is prime Hurricane season. Living on the water here in Florida, that can be a little stressful.

[redqueen]

83. Eek... yeah... I guess that would temper my enthusiasm...

I only have to worry about tornado season. And I don't even do that, cause what the hell? If it happens, it happens.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

81. Oh heck no

Halloween and Christmas are nice but we could do without the sweltering heat and the raging bushfires that come too close for comfort to our suburb year after year. Heck, yesterday we had traffic congestion and our suburb was threatened AGAIN by the prospect of fire

Bring back winter, PLEASE

[redqueen]

85. Aw...

I'm afraid that's likely to only get worse... sorry. :(

[flamingyouth]

84. It's my least favorite time.

I always get really depressed when the darkness sets in. Something about living at the 47th parallel, I guess.

But if I lived in Texas, I'd definitely love fall. :D

[redqueen]

87. Aww...

I'm so sorry to hear about everyone who faces depression this time of year... I almost feel guilty for being so happy about it.

Glad you understand. :hi:

[qanda]

86. This is my absolute favorite time of the year

[redqueen]

88. :)

:hi:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

89. Yes!!!

Cooler weather, Halloween, college football. Plus getting close to don't-have-to-mow-the-grass time!!

[redqueen]

92. hehehehe...

But grass mowing is such good exercise! :7

[Bzzzz]

90. ABSOLUTELY!!!!

Fall is beautiful in Central and Southern Indiana this time of the year.

http://www.countryroadsphoto.com/gallery/1929025#108510312

[redqueen]

93. Oooooh that is nice!

Someday I'd like to visit New England in the fall... just for the foliage.

[Mz Pip]

91. Nor Cal's best weather

is during this time of year. It's the only time I get to wear summer clothes.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[redqueen]

94. Is that right?

That's somewhat surprising!

:hi:

[Mz Pip]

104. Summer here

is COLD, foggy, gray and damp. September comes, the fog lifts, the sun comes out, it's warm, cheerful and festive.

When people want to come for a visit, I suggest Sept/Oct. Best time of year in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Mythsaje]

95. Spring...

and that's even WITHOUT considering the horrible hayfever.

I still like watching the world wake up.

[texas1928]

96. I love fall and winter...

I love that first good cold front that blows in. The air has a crispness to it. And the air smells different.
The other day it was warm (in the 80's) but we had a cold front drop through so the air was warm in the sun, but the wind had that hit of cool air to it. Made me get excited for our first strong front.

[JuniperLea]

99. Sweaters!

And snuggling!

[begin_within]

100. Definitely - the best weather

[DarkTirade]

102. It WOULD be if I didn't live in a state that only has two seasons...

9 months of summer, and 3 months of not-summer.

I need to write a letter to all the major stores and remind them that they need to sell summer-related things longer down here. I was kind of pissed off when we were having 95+ degree weather for several weeks straight last spring, and I went to see if I could buy an iced tea maker... and none of the stores carried them because it was the 'wrong time of year'.

I also need to write a similar letter to Sam Adams... because their summer ale is the best cold beer after a hot day EVER. And we have 9 months of hot days here, not 3.

[ooga booga]

103. Autumn is most favorite time of year...

Autumn is not particularly pretty in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but it's definitely nice when the Northern Hemisphere begins to lean AWAY from the sun. The end of a Texas summer is without a doubt a noteworthy event. It becomes pleasant to be outdoors again. The State Fair of Texas comes around, etc.

A few times in my life I've been able to make my way to New England in the height of the autumn color. It's just totally awesome. Even though I can't be there, it's nice to know that that kind of beauty exists in the world.

[Withywindle]

105. YESS!!!

Autumn is my favorite season, by a mile. And my close-second-favorite is coming right up! (Call me crazy, but I love crisp brittle cold and thick deep snow.)

It also means the season I hate the most is OVER! I dance upon its too-bright, sweltery, oppressive grave.

[Generic Brad]

106. Sure. What the hell

I'm not picky.

[Fox Mulder]

107. Oh, ~September 15th - January 1st.

I especially love the whole month of October. I love the changing colors, the smell of decomposing leaves, Halloween decorations, and the coolness and crispness of the fall air.

[Wapsie B]

108. Yes it is!

Love the cool weather. Still not too cold or hot, but just right.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

109. My completely unscientific poll of everyone I've ever discussed it with my whole life long is

more often than not, people prefer the time of year when they were born.

I know I do.

Guesses as to why that is: 1) childhood attachment to the excitement of birthdays; 2) natural affinity for the weather that was present when we first arrived; 3) complete coincidence, no meaning whatsoever.

[IntravenousDemilo]

112. Ugh, my birthday is in early March, when it's still cold, plus dismal and slushy.

I much prefer the weather from the time of year I was conceived.

[nytemare]

110. It was when I lived up north.

It has been 89-90 degrees here in sunny f**^(ng Florida, with no end in sight.

I miss my changing leaves and crisp, clean air.

Say hello to my Maryland, if you see it. Tell it I wish I was there.