Friday, August 26, 2011

It's getting closer and closer

The air is shimmering with heat, the local dairy is a parking nightmare because everyone WANTS ICE CREAM NOW, and the hobo spiders are frolicking like elk in mating season. The grass is in a state of permanent wilt, there are makeshift food stands everywhere with signs advertising corn and peaches, and the remnants of summer construction are starting to fade.

All of these are the signs of late August in southeastern Idaho. Do you guys know what that means?
Picture of the autumnal falls in Idaho Falls borrowed from Laughing Anne.
Leaves that change colors. Scarves. Fresh potatoes out of the field. A nip on the air. School supplies. Insects that will be out of sight because they're dead or hibernating. School buses. The smell of harvested alfalfa. Warm clothing like long pants and coats and other cute things. The state fair. New video game releases. Halloween. Sunlight that starts late and ends early. "Falling back" an hour. Gold grain against a dark sky. Cleaning out the garden. Control burns. Blankets. All the birds migrating away. The first overnight freeze.

That's right. It's almost autumn!

Definitely my favorite time of year. There's just something about, well, all those things I just listed. :D It gets me curious though . . . not everyone can love autumn (what's wrong with you people?!) . . . so tell me, what's your favorite season and why? Give me a heads up in the comments.

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Just have to say, fall is my favorite. For many of the reasons you listed.
2 replies · active 695 weeks ago
Fall is my favorite time of the year too. I love to hear leaves crunch under my feet. Apple Cider and pumpkin pie and the reasons you list too.
1 reply · active 695 weeks ago
I can't believe I forgot to mention crunchy leaves! I love crunchy leaves! I go out of my way to step on the crunchy leaves! <3
Wow, you make autumn sound so nice! And here I was depressed about it getting cold again. My favorite has always been summer...probably because I was a student for so long. I've especially loved the summertime since I moved to England, though. It's the only season that approaches "normal" weather for me :P
3 replies · active 693 weeks ago
Haha, that's right, you're from California, right? :)

I have a love/hate relationship with summer. I mean, there's my birthday and farmer's markets and FRUIT (amongst other things) . . . but there's also spiders. I'm not arachnophobic or anything, but they invade my bedroom. And I do not appreciate that. >_>
I have a love/hate relationship with summer for the exact reasons you do, Sarah! My birthday is in the summer and I can get the juciest peaches at my farmers market, but my room also gets invaded by spiders. It's awful. I used to be afraid of spiders, but now I'm a legendary spider killer. In the summer, I kill about three spiders a night. It doesn't help that I live in a basement. This summer was particularly bad. Normally I just kill daddy long legs, but this year I was killing big, brown, fuzzy spiders. They were either brown recluses or barn spiders. I prefer to think of them as the latter because I don't want to fall asleep fearing that I will wake up with poison corroding my limbs...

I also have a problem with the heat. See, it's stupid cold for 6 months out of the year. Then there is nice weather for about 4 months. And then really hot weather for 2 months. I just can't get acclimated to hot weather here. Once it gets above 85 degrees I feel like death.
High five!

I'm the same way with spiders. Horrified ---> Spider Slayer. We get hobo spiders here, which are actually related to brown recluse. They're not nearly as poisonous, but STILL. And they run, like, two miles per hour and they're big and creepy and supposedly they can't climb, which is a LIE. Ugh. >___<
I adore Autumn! Michigan has a splendid Autumn. I love the colored leaves. And the way the sun sets over the lake. Some how it's different and more awesome in Fall than in any other season. I love the crisp days-- cool enough to wear sweaters and scarves, but not so cold that I have to wear a winter coat. I love being able to see my breath in the morning too. I love the scent of piles of burning leaves on the side of the road. I've never lived anywhere where people burned leaves. But, there are a lot of trees here, and I guess dead leaves kill lawns. I also love that it is soup and chili season. And I love drinking rum and cider-- tastes like caramel apples.
I miss going back to school though. This is my first autumn not returning to school. I'm living vicariously through my boyfriend right now...
1 reply · active 693 weeks ago
I'm jealous of your trees and lakes and pretty things . . . it's just fields and brown and flat with mountains in the distance here. :P I do love getting to wear winter clothing again though and all of those other things . . . except burning leaves. But, uh, I guess out field-burning makes up for that. :) AND I TOTALLY PROMOTE LIVING THROUGH SCHOOL-GOING PEOPLE.

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