Roll on Autumn!

My sister lived in the Bahamas for four years. She told me she missed two things, egg cups (unknown there, apparently) and the seasons...

Love autumn and winter - darker nights, candles lit and cosy rooms. The hot days this week have been too much especially for my husband who suffers terribly with the heat. It's a welcome relief today that it's a bit cooler although it's now raining and we've just put the outside cushions away

My outside cushions have barely seen the light of day this "summer" Willow500 never mind putting them away, I have yet to get them out !

What heat?
It's 20C and pouring with rain here!

An Indian summer gillybob?
However, it's lovely but over-rated imo as the days are glorious but October nights are chilly and it gets dark earlier.

oh NOOOOO!!! I loathe the autumn, please please let the summer last for another few months.

Autumn to me is so depressing - long damp drab days, dull mornings and its so GREY. All those soggy wet leaves making pavements slippery and hiding all that dog mess. yuk.

And the worse thing about Autumn is that it is followed by Winter - months and months of cold, rain , darkness and even more GREY!!!

I see that I am in the minority but I actually think we've had quite a good summer this year ( I am in the NW too)!

Once again I am praying for one Calli . The problem is, it gets to a point where you just have to give up and accept that the Indian Summer you are praying for will only be in India !

Just a couple of weeks of sunshine would’ve been nice though .

We have had some here, a few days too hot for me but the weekend was a very pleasant 23 or 24C

Perhaps your weather will cheer up when the children have gone back to school (it often happens!)

Mossfarr, Have you never noticed the wonderful colours of the trees in Autumn, oranges, reds, yellows, so beautiful when the sun shines through them - as it so often does.

My favourite autumn task is raking-up leaves in the garden under the sun of a yellowing autumn sunshine. The leaves smell so beautiful and I end up gambolling among them like a child.