My Favorite Season, Do I Have One?

This week’s prompt is about our favorite seasons, if we have one, and why is it our favorite.  Not sure that I actually have one, although I do like some seasons better than others.

Autumn/Fall:  This is probably my favorite season, but maybe not by very much.  Since Summer is at the bottom of my list, I’m always happy to see it over and done with, and that would mean Fall is here.  Here are my reasons for liking Autumn/Fall the best:

1.        Cooler temperatures.  When I was a kid I didn’t mind it being hot.  We could run through the sprinklers or prevail upon someone to take us swimming if we got too hot.  We could go down to the creek, which was mostly shady, to catch crawdads and other small water critters.  But as an “older” adult, those things just aren’t as much fun anymore, and neither is sitting in front of a fan or in the air conditioned family room.  By the end of summer I am also tired of my summer clothes, even though for the most part I’ve only worn them 3 months.  In the Pacific NW summer doesn’t start until July 5^th, usually, so I’m usually in long sleeves until then.  Autumn/Fall also means that my favorite holidays are just around the corner.  Autumn/Fall brings Halloween, Thanksgiving, and eventually Christmas.  These are big family events for us, and I look forward to them every year.  I love the changing leaves and Fall colors, too.

Spring:  I know I’ve skipped over Winter, but that’s not my second favorite season.  I like Spring only slightly less than Autumn/Fall for these reasons:

1.        While we don’t usually get too cold in the Pacific NW, by Springtime I am ready for some sun, and some green.  I love the flowers as they begin to bloom, the trees with their new leaves, and the warmer temperatures.  Most of the time it rains here, but we do get a few sunny days during this season.  Spring is almost like a new year, and I can see why the old style calendar (and I never remember whether it’s Julian or Gregorian) began with March 25^th as the first day of the new year.  We can work outside, getting ready to plant our garden, new flowers, etc.  And the rain is a little warmer.

Moving right along to Winter, on my list of seasons this one is slightly more favored than Summer:

1.        It’s easier to get warm if you are cold, than it is to get cold if you are too warm.  So snuggling up during the cold weather is more fun than trying to figure out how to cool off in the heat.

2.       Christmas!  I love this holiday!  I love giving presents to my family and friends!  We have our big family celebration on Christmas Eve, then Christmas day is usually quieter.  Hubby & I exchange gifts with each other, and when there’s a good movie playing, we go see it with any of our kids who want to come with us.  It’s been a few years since there was a movie worth paying for at the theater, so we’ve been watching movies at home.  All hail technology!

3.       New Years Eve and New Years!  We’re usually stay-at-home folks for New Years Eve, although sometimes we get together with one of our kids and their family, or with my brother and sister-in-law.  It was always a tradition to watch a boatload of videos and eat snack-type foods when our kids were still at home, and hubby & I still do this. New Years day is more relaxed—nothing major planned usually, just relaxing and getting ready to start back to work the next day.

4.       Valentine’s Day falls in the Winter, too.  Followed in just a couple of days by our wedding anniversary.  Fun times—especially with chocolate and other goodies.

My least favorite season is summer, although actually it’s not that I really HATE it, but that I like the other seasons better.  There are some good things about summer:

1.        Not usually much rain, but when we get some, we’re always happy to see it again.

2.       Summer picnics. We have a major family one in July or August, to celebrate the summer birthdays.  Three of our kids have July birthdays (two are twins), and my birthday & one grandson’s birthday fall in August. 

3.       It stays light longer, and it is light earlier in the morning.  I like that.

There you have it—what I like about the seasons of the year.