November depressing month?

I did say I hate the poem and I do.

You can't have a rainbow without rain, you can't have a summer without the other seasons and you can't have an omlette without breaking eggs. You just make the best of it and know it's only temporary. None of us will ever have this day again, I do know that, so I try to make the best of things.

Thank you for your lovely pics Onward.

Thanks Farzanah

January’s my least favourite month - all the cheerful Christmas lights and decorations gone (anyone who hates Christmas will welcome that, I dare say! ) - it’s just dreary, and too early yet for spring flowers, except the odd snowdrop.

Having said that, though, it’s not usually as bad as I fear - we often get some quite nice days here in the SE - and of course the days are already getting noticeably longer.

The reason I think I hate that poem is that I hear people saying "Oh November is such a depressing month" as soon as it's November and I blame the poem and it's conditioning for that. If no one heard that poem perhaps they would not write off an entire month of their lives.

I have always loathed November ….and as far back as 4 generations not one member of my family has dared be born in it 30 days…. Not one! And all the youngsters get warned …no November births!! 😀

Yes I definitely have SAD syndrome in November

OnwardandUpward - lovely pics! 👍
I don’t like the dark evenings in the Autumn/Winter, but at least they’re more comfortable than the hot nights of last Summer!
I like lots of lights (battery-operated🙄), flowers and colourful clothes in Winter. I know the flowers are imported, though, but it keeps people employed. 😕(We had home-grown dahlias and roses until last week.) I like to get plenty of fresh air and exercise while it’s daylight. 😎

Thanks Tiggy W.

I don't like the dark nights either, but August was just oppressive. I am so grateful not to live with that heat that I am trying to see the good in this month. I lit the room with candles last night as we had company, it looked so lovely. I'm very much into Hygge, which helps.

Ahh all we have is Geraniums in our garden now but I saw lots of flowers in other peoples gardens which I photographed on my walk. So much colour what with berries and Autumn leaves. It rained just after we got in from our walk, so I hope my timing is as good tomorrow!

Don’t find November particularly depressing to be honest. But hate January, seems to go on for ever, the dark evenings plus everything feels flat after Christmas and New Year.

This is an old article, it's been a few years since I started to Hygge but it explains it in case anyone was wondering. www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-year-of-hygge-the-danish-obsession-with-getting-cozy

I especially like the bit where it explains that Hygge originates from a sixteenth-century Norwegian term, hugga, meaning “to comfort” or “to console,” which is related to the English word “hug".

I think this is why I like laying in bed listening to the rain on a stormy night...

I am getting ready to hibernate....hahaha

October is my favourite month but I love November and December and January and February and March … In fact it’s only in May that I start looking forward to October - I’m With Anne of Green Gables! I’m very odd in case you hadn’t realised!

If you have a dog you go out every day in all weathers and it does you good I can't even begin to imagine my dogs face if I hibernated for even one day- and I'm glad I dont want to because it help to get daylight.

When you battle MH, SAD and other health problems , doing the thing you least want to do can help you the most. I'm also very odd and too old to change my ways haha

OnwardandUpward, as I sit here at 23:04 drying out again you’re right about dogs!!

Ahhh sorry to hear you got wet at such an hour Mollygo! Its good for us to move though, Before I got the dog I never went out and was severely depressed all the time. They do bring so much joy. Hope you warm up soon.

Fortunately mine is happy with the garden in the evening, being a smallish one.