what season are you?

Have a friend living in the Caribbean, and the thing she misses most are the seasons. Like all times of the year really except I am not keen on the short days in winter. If pushed I dislike most Jan - Mch

I am forever Autumn,I love the hint of cosiness in the air,and relish autumn clothes and colours.I also like spring and the rebirth and promise of things to come,but I struggle with high summer temperatures,and the same with the cold weather ,but on the whole just grateful to be alive

I really do like winter even though I have ice cold feet from septembr till aabout mid April, I really like snow & cold frost mornings, luckily DH feels the sam & we often have inter holidays n eastern europe

I love the smell of Autumn - that hint of frost and the aroma of bonfires, as long as I don't have washing on the line! I like the feel of crisp leaves underfoot, and kicking them up like a toddler as I walk along.

Late Spring, early summer.

May is usually my favourite month; however, last May was dire, more like winter!

I have heard it said that your favourite time of year, or the time you are most likely to make changes will be the time around which you were born. True for me but how true for anyone else? Interesting.

That was well described anno , and just how I feel. It is the autumnal mists and the mellow fruitfulness, that tingle in the air, the beauty of the golden chestnut trees that seem to die off first, the berries, the leaves underfoot - though be careful - just as long as the sun is shining to enhance the scene. I also love spring with all the wild flowers she brings with her, amazing hedgerows, carpets of bluebells and wild garlic in the woods, birds with nesting material in their bills busily making preparations, catkins, buds, and that wonderful feeling in the air of life returning again. Summer can be unpleasantly hot, and winter, although beautiful, has too few hours of daylight and if it's frosty I worry about driving and about my DDs driving with the GC. Each season does have something special, and I would hate to live where there is no marked seasonal change.

Matella, that could well be true. I'm a September baby and that certainly resonates with me.

Gosh Bellanonna! Don't you think we are lot of budding poets! Wonderful descriptions everyone.

matella.

I'm spring and summer. I love being in my garden, planting out seedlings, watching the trees leaf up and being able to wear lighter clothes. I now find the winters very difficult and hate the struggle and expense of keeping warm. Summer days are spent outside as much as possible. Walking along the beach nearby or going into the forest. I especially enjoy the long bright summer evenings.

According to one of those 'what colour are you?' style/makeover/fashion thingies after a friend's coffee-morning - I've just checked the little folder, I am 'muted cool' and, yes, this season's browns and greens suit me to a 'T' Despite that, I'll still cheer up with a spot of red - a rose or the like in my hat for my sister-in-law's wedding on Thursday, methinks

Spring and summer for me. Hate dark and gloomy days.... Reflected in my mood. Loving this September though as we are having a lot of bright mild days.

Autumn for me. I love the colours & the smells

It would seem that we autumnal types are in the minority here. September is definitely my favourite with its distinctive light and clean air - especially in the mornings and evenings. It's a time of new beginnings - the French call it "La rentrée" but it's far more than just the kids going back to school.

For adults it's also the start of evening classes, and the theatre and concert season begins anew. In the restaurants there are lovely seasonal dishes to eat.

As much as I like strawberries, asparagus and lamb, nothing can beat the feel-good atmosphere of chestnuts, game, apples, grapes, plums, etc., and when you've finished eating, it's already dark and you can sit by the fire and watch a film or read a book.

Born in November, I also like the run-up to Christmas, which is not quite so commercial here, and which can, with care, be avoided somewhat. Anyway, I sing in the church choir, so the preparations for the Christmas services make for a nostalgic, but joyful time.

Like Monica I love Autumn first and then winter as I just don't like it being very hot. We are very lucky in having a wood burning stove so after being out for a lovely long walk when it is cool enough to be able to walk properly, to come home to get a good blaze going and to draw the curtains gives a feeling of security. Having worked in education until retirement September being the start of the academic year always seemed like a new beginning. However I can appreciate for those who cannot afford enough heating to keep warm or those who have to get up early on cold dark mornings spring and summer are better. Just sorry I will miss being able to appreciate Autumn properly this year as I am going into hospital on Monday for my first hip replacement.

Since we moved here to what is essentially a farming area, we now take great pleasure in watching the farming year develop. Ploughing will start soon and sowing, the first greening of the crops and then watching their progress as we walk the field borders, through to harvesting and baling. The whole process never fails to fascinate.

I like spring best with all the blossom and spring flowers and summer ahead. Also DD was born in the spring-time so it will always be extra special to me now because of that.
Having said that we enjoyed the summer hols a lot with time away with friends and family - such as a hostel trip to the Lakes. And summer always seems filled with various adventures and expeditions
And the other evening DS was snuggling up under a rug on the sofa saying he liked the autumn and winter because you can snuggle up and soon it's his B'day and then Christmas and he likes snow , and said we did loads in the summer hols didn't we? Bless him he's such a sweetie at 13.
I need more of his attitude!

I do always love seeing the combine harvesters bringing the harvest in on a drive across the Fens from here to Norfolk or back Greyduster. I always point them out to the DC who either ignore me continue with other convo, or if I'm lucky I get a "Yes, mum"

Can I have three seasons please?! I'm a Not Winter person. Hate winter, hate the dreary dark winter. But I just live our other seasons. All three. Revel in them.

I hate winter, too. Especially the dark evenings. Why do the clocks have to go back? If it is to help those up in northern Scotland ( a small proportion of the population), why can't they start school/work an hour later?!

Summer every time- the hotter the better. A quiet beach on a Greek island with a good supply of books on the Kindle & I'm happy. Or a sun bed in the back garden & the Kindle- with a fan blowing on my face. Just have to be careful not to trip over extension lead when I get up. Lying reading in the sun is the best feeling in the world .Perfect peace
I get very low when the clocks go back & I loathe the cold wet days.
Roll on next June.
Even Christmas in the middle cannot cheer up the winter.
Summer stopped dead here this year although I do see sun poking through now so as the sunbed has not yet made it to the garage... where's that Kindle!!
Sod the ironing!

Come the revolution PPP, we'll be able to keep British Summer Time all year and change our watches as we go through passport control to go over the border into Scotland!

PPP starting an hour later wouldn't help - it gets dark earlier up there as well as getting light later in the morning. Longer nights and shorter days the further north you go, until it is dark 24 hours a day at the Arctic Circle. Plus the sun hits the earth at a lower angle further north, so the light quality is worse.

Last time the clocks changed, I found a site where you could enter a location and get the sunrise, sunset and day length figures. I'll have a look for it and I will (possibly!) post it.

I can't find the one I remember, but on here it says that on the shortest day of the year (Dec 21st)
Taunton has 7 hours 54 minutes of daylight (Sunrise: 8:14 am Sunset 4:08 pm)
Wick has 6 hours 20 minutes of daylight (Sunrise 9:00 AM Sunset 3:20 PM )
An hour and a half less a day, so starting later is like the tramp cutting a strip off the top of his blanket to use to cover his feet that are sticking out at the bottom.

While on the longest day of the year (June 21st)
Taunton has 16 hours 33 minutes of daylight (Sunrise 4:58 am Sunset 9:31 pm)
Wick has 18 hours 19 minutes of daylight (Sunrise 4:04 AM Sunset 10:23 PM

On length of day from another source - "If you are 50°N, say in southern Cornwall, you go from about 8 hours day length in the middle of winter up to about 16 in the middle of summer. If you are in Shetland, which is about 60°N, the daylength ranges from about 3 hours in the middle of winter up to about 21 hours in the middle of summer."

and on the quality of the sun's light over that day - "Within the UK, changes in latitude (50 to 60°N) can affect the daily extraterrestrial solar radiation receipt, particularly during the winter. In the summer it doesn??t really matter where you are in the UK in terms of the potential daily radiation because although the intensity may be less in the north, this is compensated by a longer daylength. It is when you come to the winter that it gets worse, if you are living in Shetland. In the winter, whereas we have got about 8 MJ/m2 of radiation at the edge of the atmosphere in Penzance, it decreases to about 2 in Shetland. So if you are suffering from SAD it could make a big difference where you live in the UK."

So in Shetland you could only get about a quarter of the sun's radiation that you would in Penzance.