Anybody else glad it's Autumn?

I find Autumn so incredibly depressing, I am in the 'Autumn of my life' and it reminds me that I don't have an infinite amount of time left when we are fit enough to get out and enjoy life. The sun going down so early, making driving in the afternoon a dangerous squinting experience, no sitting out on the patio or summerhouse with a glass of wine in the evenings, cold misty mornings, and fighting over putting the heating on, I hate it!

At least December onwards sees Christmas coming, meeting up with friends at related events, family coming home, New Year breaks, and then January with bulbs starting to appear reminding me I have another year ahead of me. May is my all time favourite month, so much to look forward to!

I love all the seasons, late spring early summer is my favourite. What I don't love is the way that some years all the seasons merge into one where every day is dull, cool and wet. This year started out that way then got its act together and by July we started to enjoy summer.
The one thing I hate about this time of the year is the thought of switching the heating on and the higher energy bills.

I loathe Autumn- everything dying!It is so depressing.
I am still in white cotton skirts & sandals & certainly no sleeves yet! It is so humid out there.
I am hanging on to my tan as long as possible & never go into trousers until end of October unless it gets very cold. The duvet can stay in the airing cupboard a few weeks yet too. A sheet & a thin cotton cover is ample.
When the clocks go back I always get very sad. I hate drawing the curtains in the evening.
I am just living for next Spring again. I quite like Christmas & the odd bit of snow but this transition period is awful.
It's nice to know it makes some of us happy though- I think I need to get down to travel agents & book a very hot holiday for next year to cheer me up!

Love Autumn. My favourite season, all,those beautiful colours and misty days. Defiantly "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness". I know we have winter to come but that has its compensations and then Spring will be here before you know it.

Noooooo! Not wishing my life away but roll on Spring, I hate winter feel the cold terribly and hate the long dark nights. Think I was born in the wrong country.

No. My local supermarket has stopped stocking all my favourite ice creams because they are 'out of season'. Favourite ice creams are never out of season

I like winter as well, all the cosiness, the thick sweaters, cold outside, warm inside, curtains drawn, stove lit, love the long dark evenings, hot soup, winter casseroles - and that is without even thinking of Christmas.

No. It means the first will soon be here to kill off my dahlias

There are things I like about every season such paddling pools with grandchildren, blossom and primroses, golden trees, crunchy snow and crackling fires, just like the stages in my life e.g. childhood, teenage years, university, early marriage, children, work, retirement - I try to enjoy everything.

I love autumn because everything slows down in the garden so there's time to catch up and plan next year. I tend to go off gardening in August because of the heat and everything looking tired. Autumn flowering plants are a real mood lifter.

Our autumns seem to be getting milder and longer so anything that shortens winter is OK by me.

Just a couple of weeks more and a bit of last minute garden tidy then I'll hibernate. What have the next few months to offer but dark nights, cold temperatures, sometimes hazardous underfoot and huge heating bills. Ugh big time! Roll on next March. Good luck to all those who enjoy the aforementioned though.

Being an autumn baby I really love this time of year. There is a particular shade to the blue of an autumn sky that is so - for want of a better word - BLUE, in contrast to the loveliness of the just-turning leaves that makes my heart smile. The garden is slowing right down so I can curl up with a book without feeling guilty. It'll soon be time for our first log fire, and I can start making casseroles in my slow cooker that scent the house with yumminess.

Actually the only time I don't like is January/February, as spring still seems so far off. And I have really enjoyed the beautiful summer when we've been able to sit out in the garden until late just enjoying the lingering warmth.

I love autumn with a passion - fresh air, golden sunshine, long shadows in the late afternoon, the smell of burning leaves, lamplight in windows, wearing a jacket and 'proper' clothes instead of crumpled linen, being able to sleep at night, and the thought that hot sweaty crowded June, July and August are over for another nine months.

Love the summer except that really hot weather but I also love the Autumn going to hang to on summer clothes for a bit longer if I can. Have some lightweight trousers to get me through the early autumn days anyway with a cardi and cotton long sleeve t's oops hang on to

Oh it is so sad for me to accept, we have bad weather for probable 10 months a year and I dont want it back. Today I put some jeans on and my body was shouting NOOOO I want sunshine, blue skies and warmth on my body I want my shorts and flip flops back I cant wait another 10 months going through freezing winds, driving rain, floods, maybe snow, cold fingers and toes, shivers down my spine.
The stork definitely dropped me down in the wrong place

This is only my second reply to a post! I loathe summer: the clothes, the heat, perspiration, BBQS, flies, wasps...Autumn is a lovely season, as is Spring. Even winter is preferable to summer!

Autumn and Spring are my favourite times of year. Autumn is so bountiful with all the fruit and produce, and the beautiful Autumn light. Spring is full of new energy and vibrant green shoots. Summer is ok if it is a good one (which for us this year it has been) but it is the constant change of season I love about this country. I even enjoy the thought of chilly days in front of the log burner when I can sit and knit or read and not feel guilty I should be out in the garden.

Totally agree about the love of real seasons- marked and different. This is much more so here in the Swiss Jura than it was in the Midlands- as we have warmer Summers and very cold winters.

Some of our older friends moved to Spain when they retired as they were sun worshippers. After a few years- he got out into the garden and the fierce and hot, dry sun- and turned round and said to his wife 'enough - let's go back to proper winters, and 4 seasons' and she cried and told him she had been dying to ask him for a long time but didn't dare.

They flew back 2 days later and put the house in the hands for an agency- luckily they had an old house in the mountains waiting for them.

I dread the thought of Autumn and winter. I love the long, hot summer days, and get so irritated when weather forecasters say 'it will be cooler tonight so much easier to sleep'. I sleep far better on a hot night, and as soon as the weather cools down I keep waking up with cold arms.

I think I should live in a hot climate!

I have an October birthday, and love the time of year from now until Chr*****s!
Walking in the woods, kicking up leaves, having conker fights, smelling lovely warming casseroles bubbling away in the oven (with the obligatory dumplings), making the cake and pudding for Chr*****s, dark evenings snuggling up with hot choc and a good book, and the best thing of all, getting into a cold bed and feeling it warming up!
This year we're having a fortnight's holiday in October too, even more to look forward to. We're going off to a cottage surrounded by nothing but woodland and wildlife, heavenly!

Yes, love Autumn! The summers in NE Scotland are usually disappointing, though the last two months have been good, surprisingly. Just been sitting in the autumn sun in the rose garden of a park and it smelled wonderful! There is a certain colour to everything on a sunny Autumn day, and, as other posters have said, it feels like a new beginning - more so than 1st January, in some ways.

I adore Autumn. I really do not like very hot weather,so the drop in temperature suits me fine. I love the Autumn colours,and the grass turning back to green again,from it's brown,parched 'Summer look'. I much prefer cosy winter clothes. I can't wait to get back into my leggings and a snug jumper!

In East Anglia we usually get a beautiful Indian Summer around October. Because we had hot weather for so much longer this year I hope we still get our Indian Summer.
I like long Winter sweaters that hide my tummy and wobbly arms and I adore Christmas, but that's about it. Spring and Summer for me - beautiful bulbs blooming and trees coming into leaf and lush green everywhere. Bright, clear Summer colours and long days. Golden fields of mown crops peaking into Harvest Fetival. Love it.

I'm in NE Scotland too, Grannybuy and hasn't today been glorious? I'm in the countryside and it's stunning today.

When we lived in the tropics, I found the lack of seasons very disorienting at times. Our climate ranged from about 30-35deg all year round and even at night didn't drop below high twenties. The only marker was the dry/wet season.

I remember moving to a new apartment there and waking up in the early morning very disorientated and worrying about Christmas. In the end I fathomed out that it was April.

The only nice thing about Autumn are the colourful leaves. Having poor circulation I love the warm sunshine and actually sat in the garden for an hour in the sun this afternoon.