Anyone else getting a sense that Autumn is here ?

Artful_Badger

Noticeable chill in the air, people near me have the fires lit so the smell of smoke is about for the first time in ages, seems a little darker than usual and the birds are all eerily quiet.

I love autumn, makes me relaxed and content when I'm inside away from the chill, more awake when I'm outside, and its just a nicer quieter more peaceful time of year.

WellThen?

Thanks for that

Artful_Badger

WellThen? wrote: »

Thanks for that

You're welcome. Hope you have a lovely Autumn

Frosty McSnowballs

Badgers always know first

Lawrence1895

Autumn starts when? 21st of September?

Galaxie

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Badgers always know first

It's an art of theirs.

Femme_Fatale

Artful_Badger wrote: »

people near me have the fires lit

:eek:
Ah the cold-when-it's-not-cold nut-job. It's still really mild! And it's set to get warm again this week. It is getting darker earlier but it's still bright a good long time. Feels like summer still IMO.

Love autumn too though. I don't think it gets really autumnal until well into September/early October though. Weather nearly always seems to be summery in September.

dharma200

It's gonna be well hot mid week according to the amazing mt in the weather forum, so ye can shove autumn where the sun don't shine ( dreading it)

DublinArnie

Autumn is my favourite season. I love the chilliness of the air, like OP says, keeps me awake when i'm outside and I just prefer the cold than the dreeding heat .

krudler

Can't wait, best time of the year

Artful_Badger

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

:eek:
Ah the cold-when-it's-not-cold nut-job. It's still really mild! And it's set to get warm again this week. It is getting darker earlier but it's still bright a good long time. Feels like summer still IMO.

Love autumn too though. I don't think it gets really autumnal until well into September/early October though. Weather nearly always seems to be summery in September.

Yeah I think the summer confuses a lot of people and as soon as there is a noticeable drop in temperature they think its no longer warm so the fires must be lit. I just put a jumper on myself.

Keith300

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Noticeable chill in the air, people near me have the fires lit so the smell of smoke is about for the first time in ages, seems a little darker than usual and the birds are all eerily quiet.

I love autumn, makes me relaxed and content when I'm inside away from the chill, more awake when I'm outside, and its just a nicer quieter more peaceful time of year.

It's been Autumn since August 1st.

Artful_Badger

dharma200 wrote: »

It's gonna be well hot mid week according to the amazing mt in the weather forum, so ye can shove autumn where the sun don't shine ( dreading it)

I heard someone say there was gonna be another little heat wave but I was hoping they were wrong.

paddy147

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Noticeable chill in the air, people near me have the fires lit so the smell of smoke is about for the first time in ages, seems a little darker than usual and the birds are all eerily quiet.

I love autumn, makes me relaxed and content when I'm inside away from the chill, more awake when I'm outside, and its just a nicer quieter more peaceful time of year.

2 more weeks and all the kids are back in school.

So some wellcome peace and quiet in places like Howth and Malahide.:)

Femme_Fatale

Artful_Badger wrote: »

as soon as there is a noticeable drop in temperature they think its no longer warm so the fires must be lit.

Although I usually hate the saying: it's very Irish.

Irish women in particular. Absolute nutters among us when it comes to temperature!

Russian Blue

Autumn? Its more like winter.

rustedtrumpet

Autumn sense was tinglin also. Must be the way the sun is sat in the sky in the evenings

Femme_Fatale

Keith300 wrote: »

It's been Autumn since August 1st.

Nah that's not deemed correct. I'm sure you'll insist it is though, in order to go against the grain as you're so gleefully doing, and as all your banned previous accounts no doubt did also. Go you, you renegade!

Russian Blue wrote: »

Autumn? Its more like winter.

Yeh sure it is.

They're really coming out in their droves today.

crazygeryy

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Although I usually hate the saying: it's very Irish.

Irish women in particular. Absolute nutters among us when it comes to temperature!

that would be all down to those pesky hormones. de women have millions of em.

screw you autumn and winter to for that matter.

Ace Attorney

not that bad yet here in the west, I only recognize its autumn when the chestnut trees outside the house start to litter the road with conkers

tommy2bad

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Nah that's not deemed correct. I'm sure you'll insist it is though, in order to go against the grain as you're so gleefully doing, and as all your banned previous accounts no doubt did also. Go you, you renegade!

Yeh sure it is.

Well he is right in fact, according to Gaelic tradition autumn starts Aug 1 and lasts till Nov 1. The met service allow for tempture lag and consider Sept 1 the start of autumn.
It's to do with us using the word autumn to refer to the old harvest time which was Aug to Oct.

lkionm

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Nah that's not deemed correct. I'm sure you'll insist it is though, in order to go against the grain as you're so gleefully doing, and as all your banned previous accounts no doubt did also. Go you, you renegade!

Oh. Did the change in weather change your mood?

The Backwards Man

Autumn starts when I have to put on a fire of an evening to put my feet up in front of. Been doing that for two weeks now.

Femme_Fatale

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Autumn starts when I have to put on a fire of an evening to put my feet up in front of. Been doing that for two weeks now.

Cold freak!

I haven't had the heating on since May. Maybe I'm a warm freak!

The Backwards Man

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Cold freak!

I haven't had the heating on since May. Maybe I'm a warm freak!

Not really, it just makes more sense to be naked in front of a glowing fire than wearing your duffle coat in front of a dead one.

fussyonion

I love autumn. I love when it gets dark early and there's a chill to the wind. I love closing the door at the end of the day and curling up on the sofa, with the heating on and my pj's on, glass of red wine in hand (though I don't need the seasons to be an excuse for that).

I love the build-up to Halloween and Christmas (typed small so you won't all batter me).

I just love the cosiness of it all. I have enjoyed our summer, though, which surprised me because I'm not a fan of the heat.

I think because I had time to get used to it; we were out most nights with music on and enjoying a glass of wine (Jesus now I sound like a lush).

LOVE IT!
.................Oh, and Autumn started on August 1st

Me gusta

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Not really, it just makes more sense to be naked in front of a glowing fire than wearing your duffle coat in front of a dead one.

There's definitely a nip in the air

anncoates

It's my favourite season: one of mortality. When much of nature is paradoxically at its most colourful and fecund because it is about to die.








I think I need to knock this craft beer on the head.

Duck's hoop

DublinArnie wrote: »

like OP says, keeps me awake when i'm outside

Are you narcoleptic?

EB_2013

I haven't noticed the chill at all. It might not be as warm as earlier in the Summer but its still mild out. The only change is that the nights are getting longer and leaves are starting to fall.

Pang

The leaves are changing to a beautiful brown colour and starting to fall.

April O Neill

Anyone else getting a sense that Autumn is here ?

Am, yeah, the leaves browning and falling is a bit of an aul indicator.

April O Neill

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Nah that's not deemed correct. I'm sure you'll insist it is though, in order to go against the grain as you're so gleefully doing, and as all your banned previous accounts no doubt did also. Go you, you renegade!

It is, though.

lkionm

April O Neill wrote: »

Am, yeah, the leaves browning and falling is a bit of an aul indicator.

Would have thought you hated Autumn after what she did last year

branie

Certainly feels like it with the rain

cena

I would if the trees woulf change colour like in the states

anncoates

Favourite autumnal sounding songs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8MQcrR4OSc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNcXFy8QTC4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QAf5aE-YMw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewnan46IruE

April O Neill

lkionm wrote: »

Would have thought you hated Autumn after what she did last year

Come again, Marge?

thisonetaken

I always get this way in the fall, ya know, summers gone, the days are shorter, just makes me feel so mop.

Toby Take a Bow

anncoates wrote: »

Favourite autumnal sounding songs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHDSZgCGblQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsuOQLy_wzY

Duck's hoop

Everything's still very verdant anywhere I've been. It's middle August. Bit early for conkers, roaring fires and chilly mornings.

There are / were dead leaves but they fell from lack of water last month.

Pumpkinseeds

I love Autumn. No oppressive heat, we get to snuggle up on the sofa in front of an open fire. The weather is miserable so there are fewer kids running around. I love Halloween, could take or leave Christmas though. The evenings are feeling a little Autumnal although the days are still very humid. I've got 9 insect bites at the moment so I'm hoping for a cold snap to kill the bas*ards midges off.

anncoates

Doesn't matter what it says in whatever calendar from whatever era, Autumn starts in September for me.

Archeron

I'm finding spiders everywhere and that usually signals autumn. Feckers seem to love lowering themselves down to my head on web strings when I'm in bed this year, must be the in thing in spider circles.

Artful_Badger

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Noticeable chill in the air, people near me have the fires lit so the smell of smoke is about for the first time in ages, seems a little darker than usual and the birds are all eerily quiet.

I love autumn, makes me relaxed and content when I'm inside away from the chill, more awake when I'm outside, and its just a nicer quieter more peaceful time of year.

Ahh Autumn. Apples ripening on the tree and the All Ireland championships drawing to a conclusion. Back to school/college etc. Return of the football. Leaves falling from the tree. Bittersweet sense in so many ways.

woodoo

Autumns awesome

Autumn starts in earnest in late September or when I see my breath in front of me on a cold morning, whichever comes first.

My fave time of year, only marked by the huge man-eating spiders that appear in the house from the end of August onwards.

TheBegotten

It's the sycamore seeds for me. They've always meant an end to the summer holidays throughout my childhood.

Outkast_IRE

I love a nice dry chilly autumn and winter.
A bit of crispness in the air is nice.

princess-lala

Love the Autumn and seeing the leaves blowing everywhere My favourite season!

Duck's hoop

Duck's hoop wrote: »

Everything's still very verdant anywhere I've been.

One of my favourite words

I remember a poem that I think had a line that went something like 'August's dying verdant fecundity....' , and whenever I see a garden that has that overblown August look, all extravagant and flashy like woman wearing too much jewelry, I think of the line.

Google doesn't know the poem I'm talking about, but if anyone else does let me know.:)