Say Goodbye To Summer And Hello to Autumn

Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at 3:20pm Eastern Daylight Time, marks the official end of summer and start of autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere—the Autumnal Equinox, the date that daylight and darkness are equal.

This week in my little corner of the world, right on schedule, we have a delightful taste of the fall weather to come. That crisp feel in the air with cooler temperatures replacing the heat and retched humidity of this summer (as in a couple of days ago) finally shoved aside. That change to cool drier air brought a renewed vigor, a revived energy to replace the lackluster feeling resulting from the summer heat and humidity...at least for me. (Do you get the impression that I don't function well in heat and humidity?)

Just as I love the renewal of life in the spring—bright green new leaves on the trees, colorful flowers, the awakening of nature from winter's long hibernation—I also love the change of the leaves to their brilliant array of fall colors in autumn. This year we've exceeded our average amount of rainfall, so I'm hoping for a more colorful autumn than we've had the last couple of years. I moved a few months ago and now have two large oak trees in my front yard and two large oak trees in my back yard. And across the street from me is a small park-like area of grass and trees (maintained by the city). I'm anticipating some lovely fall color views.

I can say with all sincerity that I'm happy to welcome the end of summer. Oh, yeah…also happy to welcome the start of fall. But it's mostly the end of summer's heat and humidity that thrills me. I do have to admit that the summer of 2021 was a strange mixture of several consecutive triple digit temperature days and periods of cooler temperatures that dipped back down into the mid 90s. However, we did have many super high humidity days that went along with the triple digit temperatures for dangerous heat warnings. Ugh!

Welcome autumn...I'm thrilled to see you! But, on the other hand, I'm hoping for a mild winter.

Say Goodbye To Summer And Hello to Autumn

Tuesday, September 22, 2020, marks the official end of summer and start of autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere—the Autumnal Equinox, the date that daylight and darkness are equal.

Earlier this month in my little corner of the world we had a delightful taste of the fall weather to come. That crisp feel in the air with cooler temperatures replacing the heat and dryer air shoving aside the retched humidity of summer. That change to cool dry air brought a renewed vigor, a revived energy to replace the lackluster feeling resulting from the summer heat and humidity...at least for me. (Do you get the impression that I don't function well in heat and humidity?)

Just as I love the renewal of life in the spring—bright green new leaves on the trees, colorful flowers, the awakening of nature from winter's long hibernation—I also love the change of the leaves to their brilliant array of fall colors in autumn. This year we've exceeded our average amount of rainfall, so I'm hoping for a more colorful autumn than we've had the last couple of years.

I can say with all sincerity that I'm happy to welcome the end of summer. Oh, yeah…also happy to welcome the start of fall. But it's mostly the end of summer's heat and humidity that thrills me. I do have to admit that the summer of 2020 was a strange mixture of several triple digit temperature days and periods of cooler temperatures. However, we did have many super high humidity days. Ugh!

Welcome autumn...I'm thrilled to see you! But, on the other hand, I'm hoping for a mild winter. 

Say Goodbye To Summer And Hello to Autumn

Monday, September 23, 2019, marks the official end of summer and start of autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere—the Autumnal Equinox, the date that daylight and darkness are equal.

Earlier this month, in my little corner of the world we had a delightful taste of the fall weather to come.  That crisp feel in the air with cooler temperatures replacing the heat and dryer air shoving aside the retched humidity of summer.  That change to cool dry air brought a renewed vigor, a revived energy to replace the lackluster feeling resulting from the summer heat and humidity...at least for me.  (Do you get the impression that I don't function well in heat and humidity?)

Just as I love the renewal of life in the spring—bright green new leaves on the trees, colorful flowers, the awakening of nature from winter's long hibernation—I also love the change of the leaves to their brilliant array of fall colors in autumn.  This year we've exceeded our average amount of rainfall, so I'm hoping for a more colorful autumn than we've had the last couple of years.

I can say with all sincerity that I'm happy to welcome the end of summer.  Oh, yeah…also happy to welcome the start of fall.  But it's mostly the end of summer's heat and humidity that thrills me. I do have to admit that the summer of 2019 was a strange mixture of several triple digit temperature days and periods of cooler temperatures. However, we did have many super high humidity days.  Ugh!

Welcome autumn...I'm thrilled to see you!  But, on the other hand, I'm hoping for a mild winter.

Say Goodbye To Summer And Hello to Autumn

Friday, September 22, 2017, marks the official end of summer and start of autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere—the Autumnal Equinox.

Earlier this month in my little corner of the world we had a delightful taste of the fall weather to come.  That crisp feel in the air with cooler temperatures replacing the heat and dryer air shoving aside the retched humidity of summer.  That change to cool dry air brought a renewed vigor, a revived energy to replace the lackluster feeling resulting from the summer heat and humidity...at least for me.  (Do you get the impression that I don't function well in heat and humidity?)

Just as I love the renewal of life in the spring—bright green new leaves on the trees, colorful flowers, the awakening of nature from winter's long hibernation—I also love the change of the leaves to their brilliant array of fall colors in autumn.  This year we've exceeded our average amount of rainfall, so I'm hoping for a more colorful autumn than we've had the last couple of years.

I can say with all sincerity that I'm happy to welcome the end of summer.  Oh, yeah…also happy to welcome the start of fall.  But it's mostly the end of summer's heat and humidity that thrills me. I do have to admit that the summer of 2017 was a strange mixture of several triple digit temperature days and periods of cooler temperatures. However, we did have many super high humidity days.  Ugh!

Welcome autumn...I'm thrilled to see you!  But, on the other hand, I'm hoping for a mild winter.

Say Goodbye To Summer And Hello to Autumn

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, marks the official end of summer and start of autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere—the Autumnal Equinox.

Earlier in September in my little corner of the world provided a delightful taste of the fall weather to come.  That crisp feel in the air with cooler temperatures replacing the heat and dryer air shoving aside the retched humidity of summer.  That change to cool dry air brought a renewed vigor, a revived energy to replace the lackluster feeling resulting from the summer heat and humidity...at least for me.  (Do you get the impression that I don't function well in heat and humidity?)

Just as I love the renewal of life in the spring—bright green new leaves on the trees, colorful flowers, the awakening of nature from winter's long hibernation—I also love the change of the leaves to their brilliant array of fall colors in autumn.  This year we've exceeded our average amount of rainfall, so I'm hoping for a more colorful autumn than we've had the last couple of years.

I can say with all sincerity that I'm happy to welcome the end of summer.  Oh, yeah…also happy to welcome the start of fall.  But it's mostly the end of summer's heat and humidity that thrills me. I do have to admit that the summer of 2015 was definitely milder than the previous two summers, only a few days of 100 degree and over temperatures.  However, we did have many super high humidity days.  Ugh!

Welcome autumn...I'm thrilled to see you!  But, on the other hand, I'm hoping for a mild winter.

Say Goodbye To Summer And Hello to Autumn

Monday, September 22, 2014, is the end of summer and start of autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere—the Autumnal Equinox, the day when the daylight hours and hours of darkness are equal.

The last couple of days in my little corner of the world have provided the last hurrah (I hope) of summer heat and humidity.  I look forward to the fall weather to come.  That crisp feel in the air with cooler temperatures replace the heat and dryer air shoving aside the retched humidity of summer.  That change to cool dry air brings a renewed vigor, a revived energy to replace the lackluster feeling resulting from the summer heat and humidity...at least for me.  (Do you get the impression that I don't function well in heat and humidity?)

Just as I love the renewal of life in the spring—bright green new leaves on the trees, colorful flowers, the awakening of nature from winter's hibernation—I also love the change of the leaves to their brilliant array of fall colors in autumn.  I can say with all sincerity that I'm happy to welcome the end of summer and to also welcome the start of fall.

Of course, all this praise for autumn and the relief from summer heat and humidity will most likely give way to the common complaint of wishing the snow, ice, and freezing temperatures would get out of the way and make room for some warmth.  :)

But for right now…Welcome Autumn—I'm thrilled to see you!

Say Goodbye To Summer And Hello to Autumn

Saturday, September 22, 2012, at 10:49AM it's the end of summer and start of autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere—the Autumnal Equinox.

The last couple of days in my little corner of the world have provided a delightful taste of the fall weather to come.  That crisp feel in the air with cooler temperatures replacing the heat and dryer air shoving aside the retched humidity of summer.  That change to cool dry air brings a renewed vigor, a revived energy to replace the lackluster feeling resulting from the summer heat and humidity...at least for me.  (Do you get the impression that I don't function well in heat and humidity?)

Just as I love the renewal of life in the spring—bright green new leaves on the trees, colorful flowers, the awakening of nature from winter's hibernation—I also love the change of the leaves to their brilliant array of fall colors in autumn.  Unfortunately due to the drought conditions, many of the deciduous trees dropped a lot of their leaves during the heat summer in an act of self-preservation.  I'm not anticipating much of a fall color display this year.

I can say with all sincerity that I'm happy to welcome the end of summer.  Oh, yeah…also happy to welcome the start of fall.  But this year it's the end of summer's heat and humidity that thrills me the most.

The summer of 2011 was brutal.  We ended up setting a new heat record—the hottest summer since they started keeping track back in the 1880s with 53 days where temperatures exceeded 100 degrees and several of those days reaching 110 degrees and higher.  At last year's Autumnal Equinox, the extreme heat of the summer led me to speculate about an equally severe winter with bitter cold and lots of snow and ice.  The reality turned out to be just the opposite.  We had an unseasonably warm winter with several days actually getting into the low 60s.

The summer of 2012 started out mild, lulling me into a false sense of relief, allowing me to think the brutal temperatures of the previous year's summer would not repeat.  Well, silly me.  The heat once again hit along with drought conditions (my poor yard looked terrible, but it did come back to life when we finally got some rain).

So, here I sit enjoying the fact that it's 8:00pm and the outside temperature is 66 degrees rather than 96 degrees.

Welcome autumn...I'm thrilled to see you!