Favourite season and why

[Dr B]

I love autumn - always have - always will.

When the trees turn colour (gold / browns / rust / red) and nice blustery days. I dont know why but I just do....

As I look out of my office window there are some really nice golden / rust trees turning colour - its really pretty.....

anyone else have a favourite season - and why.

P.S. - i've never been a summer person....

[Admin]

Summer :P

Warm weather, long days, BBQs, drinking outdoors :booze:... well I booze all year round but never mind ;D

I really dislike this time of year. From late October when the clocks go back until Early Feb when the lengthening days start to become noticeable.

The trouble with this country is that the weather doesn't change much it's just the days geting longer or shorter.

I think a more seasonal place, like the New England states in the USA, would be great for those who enjoy the changing seasons.

I'd rather fry in Phoenix, Arizona though! ???

[Mongrel]

Spring for me. Coming out of Winter , new growth that you can smell in the air, promise of sunshine and the occasional warm days that get more frequent.

[median]

Winter

Well, the winters we used to have at least. O0

Ice and snow, brightens the place up.

Oh yes and you can't beat a torrential thunderstorm too, very relaxing

:D Just call me Gomez Addams ;D

[Dr B]

Gomez

I always remember missing school cos we got snowed in up in the lakes.....that just brought a smile to my face...... O0

[tkingdoll]

Spring, moving into Summer. Then late Summer moving into Autumn.

Winter sucks. Brr and Grr.

[chillzero]

I don't really have a favourite - I like different things about each season.

I did find it amusing this morning though to be driving in front of a lady with one of those stupid SAD visors on (They shine a little light [UV, I think] down over your eyes). Now, I understand that they can be helpful when the season is dull and horrible and depressing, but this morning was one of the brightest, crispest most beautiful mornings I have seen, so there was plenty of sunlight - the real stuff.

I think she had pre-determined herself to be depressed, and didn't take even one second to admire the day, and take a good lungful of fresh morning air.

[Mojo]

Winter sucks.

Winter is cool!

:eek:

[Jocky]

I like Spring.

Not too hot, the promise of holidays soon to come, start of the cricket season, and ages to go until ******* Christmas!

[muly]

I'm from the Caribbean, so I'm always enjoying the summer. No seasons here! :)

[kath23]

High summer, it's so lovely and warm, with long days and the gorgeous low sun in the evening.

[Dr B]

Does anyone here think our different opinions are influenced by when we were born (i.e., summer / winter babies)?

I was born in March and seem to be the only autumn lover here.....how about the rest of you....just for fun of course....

[median]

Born in August but conceived in Nov/Dec :ponder:

[Jocky]

Does anyone here think our different opinions are influenced by when we were born (i.e., summer / winter babies)?

I was born in March and seem to be the only autumn lover here.....how about the rest of you....just for fun of course....


Is that the astrologer in you coming out, Doc? ;D

I'm a June baby, and I prefer Spring. Need more data to draw a conclusion?

[median]

Is that the astrologer in you coming out, Doc?

Steady Jocky, I think that may be construed as taking the cusp ;D

[Jocky]

Steady Jocky, I think that may be construed as taking the cusp ;D


Beware median - on this path lie jokes about Uranus ...

:eek:

[kath23]

Born in Feb and August is my fave :o :)

[median]

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Steady Jocky, I think that may be construed as taking the cusp


Beware median - on this path lie jokes about Uranus ...



Not to mention being taken for a quincunx :D :-X

[Jocky]

Not to mention being taken for a quincunx

.. or indeed taken for 2.4 quincunces

[Stop us, somebody!]

[Cuddles]

All of them. Summer means climbing, kiting and mountainboarding. Spring and Autumn mean kayaking and kiting. Winter means skiing and kayaking. If there's a season without interesting ways to hurt myself, I haven't seen it yet.

[tkingdoll]

Does anyone here think our different opinions are influenced by when we were born (i.e., summer / winter babies)?

I was born in March and seem to be the only autumn lover here.....how about the rest of you....just for fun of course....


Is that the astrologer in you coming out, Doc? ;D

I'm a June baby, and I prefer Spring. Need more data to draw a conclusion?


No, no, there's (apparently) actual science behind this - the time of year you were born can make small differences to your personality. I can't remember the name of it, but it's definitely a real thing. I will get further info and report back!

[Jocky]

I will get further info and report back!

I await with [somewhat skeptical] interest - I didn't know there was a measurable effect.

[Melanie]

Scientist Michel Guaquelin found real correlations between birthdates and professions, notably 'The Mars Effect' in sportspeople.

Wiki has this;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Gauquelin

and this;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_effect

Interesting stuff. Naturally this was grabbed with both hands by the astrology contingent as proof of their systems, but of course it was nothing of the sort.

(Born May, love Autumn, hate Summer - can't stand the heat!)

[Lord Muck oGentry]

Does anyone here think our different opinions are influenced by when we were born (i.e., summer / winter babies)?

I was born in March and seem to be the only autumn lover here.....how about the rest of you....just for fun of course....


Is that the astrologer in you coming out, Doc? ;D

I'm a June baby, and I prefer Spring. Need more data to draw a conclusion?


No, no, there's (apparently) actual science behind this - the time of year you were born can make small differences to your personality. I can't remember the name of it, but it's definitely a real thing. I will get further info and report back!




Could it be something to do with the child's age at the start of schooling? Some children in the infants' class will be almost a year older than some others, and it doesn't seem too farfetched to suppose that would affect how they get on with one another.

[Ginger Rogers]

When I was a kid I hated summer cos I'm fair skinned and I wasn't allowed out in the sun. I was 'conditioned' into thinking I didn't like summer almost?
I loved winter because of christmas, and the hope that it would snow.
I like the idea of autumn - I love all the colours but as you say we don't get all those reds and golds here like they do in America and canada, so autumn here is a bit dull. I hate it when the clocks go back, I hate it getting dark early, but I like the cosiness and the fact that you can wear more interesting clothes in the winter.
I'm not sure which season I prefer now! My favourite months are december and June. I still love christmas, I love all the pretty lights and mince pies. getting pressies is quite nice too :D But I hate January through april the most. By april I am so sick of the short days, they don't seem to be getting any longer until may.
Even though my birthday is Feb, I hate that month! nothing to look forward to except daffodils springing up.

[chillzero]

I love all the colours but as you say we don't get all those reds and golds here like they do in America and canada, so autumn here is a bit dull.


You're joking, right?

Are you surrounded by evergreens or something? I love the riot of colours in the autumn, and grab every opportunity to get out with my camera. Just now they are all dulling down and dying off, but I see plenty of golds, deep reds, bronzey oranges and pinks on the trees here.

[Ginger Rogers]

I love all the colours but as you say we don't get all those reds and golds here like they do in America and canada, so autumn here is a bit dull.


You're joking, right?

Are you surrounded by evergreens or something? I love the riot of colours in the autumn, and grab every opportunity to get out with my camera. Just now they are all dulling down and dying off, but I see plenty of golds, deep reds, bronzey oranges and pinks on the trees here.


No! down here, all the blimmin leaves left the trees long before they changed colour ;D and the ones that are still intact are green or yellowy green with a hint of brown. No reds and oranges here :( My dad says it's because there isn't such a big sudden drop in temperature. Are you from the north? perhaps things are a bit different in colder climes but down south it's so mild that we just don't get that, certainly not in the last 5 years or so when we've had really mild autumns. Honest!

[Mongrel]

South here and we get all the shades on the trees - we even have an odd set of trees here at work. Three trees of the same breed, simialr enough heights (maybe half metre in it) set in a row about three and a half metres apart - the odd thing is that they cycle through the colour changes independantly, so as one is just going red another has just reached it's full gold and the third is now bare...

Anyway how do the weather conditions compare to 'normal' south as you're on the IoW aren't you?
I can imagine the wind get's worse for starters or is that just my limited coastal experience?

[Ginger Rogers]

South here and we get all the shades on the trees - we even have an odd set of trees here at work. Three trees of the same breed, simialr enough heights (maybe half metre in it) set in a row about three and a half metres apart - the odd thing is that they cycle through the colour changes independantly, so as one is just going red another has just reached it's full gold and the third is now bare...

Anyway how do the weather conditions compare to 'normal' south as you're on the IoW aren't you?
I can imagine the wind get's worse for starters or is that just my limited coastal experience?


Um, well, there are three - lyme? trees - they have heart shaped leaves kind of - out of the window. One is almost bare, but the remaining leaves are green. One is yellow and green and almost bear, the other is green and getting bare.
Maple trees are always the most stunning for colour changes, there don't seem to be many about. All the trees seem to be green with browning edges - no reds and golds apart from the odd maple.

As for weather conditions, we normally have the same weather as the rest of the central south - although we do succumb to a 'micro-climate' at times, further inland like on the downs the weather can be very different to the coast. On Monday, the fog didn't clear til late afternoon in East Cowes where I work - right by the sea, but in other parts they had bright sun from mid morning.
last week was cold and bright with some frost, and today for example it's been bright sun all day and about 12 degrees - the same as most of the south I would suspect.
On higher ground and rigth by the sea it gets rather windy, but no more than anywhere else I'd say!

[chillzero]

Yeah - I'm almost right up at the other end of the island - pretty far north in Scotland. However, we had the same back in Ulster when I llved there, so I was just surprised to read that you don't get it.

Come up north, it's beautful.

:D

[Ginger Rogers]

Show us some pics then :D

[chillzero]

Well, I am waaaay behind with processing my pictures, but I have this one of a tree that catches my attention every year.

[chillzero]

and the sunrise over my village a while back.

[Ginger Rogers]

and the sunrise over my village a while back.


Beautiful!

Last week we had some amazing sunsets here but unfortunately the camera isn't good enough to get good pics - the sky looked very very red, but the photo came out much lighter, the sky looked blue with pinky bits, not red as it looked to the naked eye.

[tkingdoll]

Re: my last post.

PDF here: http://www.psy.herts.ac.uk/wiseman/papers/Born%20lucky%20PAID%202005.pdf