it takes a certain type of person

[lagilman]

It takes a certain type of person to sleep in a sweatshirt rather than close the windows at night.

This is my favorite season, when I wake up and it's still dark (although I prefer to sleep long enough that it's not pitch dark, okay Boomer?) and I'm comfy under the 3-season quilt but can feel the nip in the air that makes me want to curl up and sleep a little while longer. When I get up and the cold floor and cold air invigorates without shivers, and an open window is okay because I know that it will get up into the 70's today and I'll be warm, so being chilled this morning is a nice change. When going to the gym is a pleasure rather than something to get out of the way before things heat up so much I don't want to move. When I know that late afternoon will require a sweater, and there's a slight tinge of decay and leafmould in the air.

And the leaves are beginning to change...

It takes a certain type of person to love autumn in New England. I'm one.


(and is it cider yet?

is it yet?

how about now?)

Comments

[lagringa.livejournal.com]

I live in NYC but still love sleeping with layers and bundling up with the windows wide open. My cats all burrow under the covers with me - we're quite a cozy bunch of mammals. :-)

[ex-fashioni.livejournal.com]

*whimper*

I miss midwest autumns. (NE Ohio = v. similar to New England) For all that I've come to the realization that Florida is, after all, my home, I miss knowing that heading into late September, there will be a distinct change in the weather and long sleeves will become far more common rather than occasional.

Yesterday, I was thrilled it only got up to 80 and it was rainy and windy all day. Feh

*sigh*

[ebenstone.livejournal.com]

I'm with you!

There is nothing better than hot chocolate at high school football games!

[quarkwiz.livejournal.com]

O yes, we loves the colder nights, we does. I especially like padding around the house in my LL Bean "Wicked Good" shearling slipper-booties. (They're well-named.) It's also annoying, yet amusing, to be pinned down by all four cats at night.

It's going back up to the 80s this weekend, though. ::pout::

(Note the icon in honour of the day. Arrr.)

[lagilman]

Lands End mocs, here, and *stares down at soles* in dire need of replacing, I fear. I know what's going on my holiday wishlist.

And yeah, ugh on this weekend. But this too shall pass, and soon there will be Snow!

Arrrr, avest ye, snowlubbers! Shovel the aftdeck, salt the foredeck, an' make sure the larder be well-stocked! tis' near wintering season, when a pirate's eye turns to usin' prisoners are firewood...

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Bite your tongue on the S word. I hates snow, hates it with a passion.

[madkestrel.livejournal.com]

Cider...*sigh* Now you've done it - I'm going to be wanting cider all day!

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

I love sleeping in a warm bed in a cold room with the windows open. We kept the bedroom window cracked in Massachusetts year-round.

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

I've had most of the wondows open for the past 2 weeks, granted I've been sneezing my head off lately(where the devil these FALL allergies came from is beyond me) and threw another quilt on the bed.}:P

[jennetj.livejournal.com]

I am so envious of you. That's where we were last week, but this week we're back to the sauna - a/c on in September! WTF?! This is Chicago! It's supposed to be cooling off by now!!

[ianrandalstrock.livejournal.com]

That's a great description of the time of year. Me, I'm not sure if I'm depressed or excited that I've had to wear pants the last two days—

Oh wipe that smirk off your faces. I meant it was cold enough that I would have been uncomfortable in shorts.

[kalligraphy.livejournal.com]

Yes, I love great thick comforters and chilly bedrooms where the pillow is chilled but the bed is toasty warm. I also love stepping outside, inhaling and feeling the cold air "bite" inside my nose. That crispy cold smell that comes with it. And yet, as that weather approaches I am about to head to the Bahamas.....

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Dear god I am jealous....

You just summed up everything I miss about Indiana and Michigan. With the arthritis, I'm not sure I could live north again -- but I dream of it.

[stakebait.livejournal.com]

(and is it cider yet?

is it yet?

how about now?)

Makes a nice tiny poem all on its own.

[lagilman]

Does, doesn't it? Although I would probably rearrange it slightly;

And is it cider
yet? Is it yet?
Is it cider now?


All the anticipation of and impatience for autumn, in less than fifteen words.