November depressing month?

Lovely Advent calendar Witzend!

What was more depressing, with all this rain, is reading that some reservoir levels are continuing to drop.
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It was certainly very gloomy here earlier - absolutely chucking it down all morning, but the sun did come out later, still nice now. I drove in driving rain to the garden centre for some well overdue winter pansies and cyclamen to cheer up my pots.
Garden centre was overflowing with Christmas stuff - I was tempted only by this lovely corny Advent calendar - for me!

I find January and February depressing

Me too, Grandtante, well February in particular.

We've got birthdays in November, December and early January.

My birthday is towards the end of November, so I am sure you will understand when I say I have loved November all my life.

After my birthday, the fun of Christmas preparations starts - and I love Christmas.

I find January and February depressing.

It takes all sorts to make a world, doesn't it?

💐*TwiceAsNice*. I am sorry Winter has such a sad memory to go with everything else.

Yes, I think November is miserable too. Probably a lot to do with leaves dying on the trees but not all falling as yet. Having to walk through the ones that have fell but are wet and slippery. Once the trees are bare and, hopefully, the fallen leaves have either rotted away or blown away in windy weather and when the rain goes away, leaving crisp dry or frosty weather, we'll probably lighten up then.

@Blossoming, l always think of that poem in November. It is definitely my least favourite month of the year. The nights are getting longer and the weather is generally abysmal. Today is a case in point - grey skies and torrential rain plus it is cold. I think it is the relentless grey skies at this time of year that make it feel so depressing. I have actually bought a light box to try and counter this. When December arrives, I feel so much better - it probably helps that my birthday is at the beginning of the month as well as it being Christmas. I am usually involved in the music in a great way too.

November is fine but I feel like this in January and February. I think it started when I realised January was the symbol of another year without my small son after he died and February is his birthday month. Couple this with dark days with not much to look forward to and I find those two months pretty hard. March and the promise of its nearly spring and I start to perk up. Dec is fine as I do like Christmas with my family very much .

I like November and find it peaceful and this year quite beautiful with lovely skies and late autumn colour. I'm another one who doesn't like summer (but loves spring).

Nope, my birthday is at the start, we've had warm, sunny days, OK and rain, still lots of colour in the garden and beautiful leaves, lovely starry nights, social events starting and fewer cars on the A55 when I go to the beach for a walk, oh and the snow buntings and other birds are back.

I’m always depressed and often ill in February. Can’t wait for the first bulbs to start coming through, and warmer weather.

Love November as our Op and Dram production is beginning of month (we ended our week run of 'The Wind in the Willows' (Musical) at the weekend, I'm choreographer for the society. Back to Rainbows and Guides this week, they start getting excited this month as many are practicing for Christmas concerts and Nativities.

Not for me! Love colours, coziness, promise of Christmas and all the fun and glitter around. I am more depressed moving into January/February when there is nothing to look for and spring is still far away

When we were young, no central heating and one coal fire in one room only, any warm days in October or November were a boon. When DD was married, over 20 years ago, a balmy November day was a great blessing. I’m glad we didn’t have to think about the damage it was doing back then, but maybe we should have.

Balmy days and moderate temperatures in late November are not great signs of the planet’s health, so, for me, not something to be cheerful about.

Spent time in the garden ckearing hopefully, the last of tge autumn leaves. Also did some tidying up some plants, Nerenes still blooming. Birds constantly at the feeders and no doubt after the soil being disturbed in the garden the ground feeders will arrive. Squirrels running over the fence. Quiet in tge neighbourhood as no kids screaming and shouting and thumping a football on the grassy area. I can enjoy November.

Don't worry , we are almost halfway through it now.

hollysteers

I’m going off summer now I’m older, long sunny days depress me more than Autumn or winter. They seem to say you should be outside making the most of the good weather.
Now I can enjoy all the cosy things of life, heated throw, new oodie and lighting candles.
This sums up my idea of bliss:-

Exactly how I feel too hollysteers add some new books to your list and it's heaven for me.

I do on wet days, I’m disabled so been on my own doesn’t help during the day. Tried joining groups but too long in the tooth for bitchy remarks, I would rather be on my own. I’m knitting which keeps me busy and watching old programmes . Day time tv not for me . I like to put music on to cheer me up too

Yes, M0nica, my heart lifts, too! I love the changing colours of the trees, the feeling of freshness, the darker evenings which feel cosy, and the cooler nights. We have a few things going on with several birthdays close together in early November, but it’s the peace and coolness after a long and hot summer that I value very much. Last, but not least, I enjoy autumn dressing: autumn colours in my clothes, and some new clothes in more autumn colours all combine to lift my heart even further.

That's a lovely poem Nannarose. Kind of describes the November's I knew as a child - and yet in this part of England no trees are bare. Every tree is full of green or gold leaves that haven't fallen. The seasons are so mixed up because of global warming and temperatures are so warm compared with November's as a child.

Sorry to hear about your home @Maidmarion. I can totally understand you being fed up about that and I really hope it doesn't sell.

Even more so this year… my landlord has just put ‘my’ house on the market… I’ve been here over six years and looked after the house beautifully. Even planted the garden up (which was totally bare on my arrival!!!)
Fed up doesn’t even begin to cover it… 😞

One of my friends keeps a journal "Joyful things" , which I find inspiring. That way, when she looks back on a year all she sees is what was right with it.
I think reframing things and choosing to see what's right with life instead of what's wrong with it can make a huge difference to our MH. Seeing as our MH is health and affects our physical health, I think we all need to fight to be well in whatever ways we can.

At our poetry group, we shared some beautiful poems about November. This was a favourite:
poets.org/poem/my-november-guest