In about 48 hours, it's Autumn.

[Denninmi]

The equinox happens at 4:44 pm Eastern time on Sunday Sept. 22.

Good or bad?

Personally, I enjoy many things about Autumn, but am not thrilled with winter. More than anything, I hate the short, gloomy days.

[sharp_stick]

1. I'd like Autumn a lot more

if Winter wasn't right on it's heels.

I do love the colors and the ability to cook stews, roast chickens and other things that heat the kitchen up too much in the summer.

[seabeyond]

2. my fAvorite time of the year. nt

[sharp_stick]

3. Oh And They Make This Stuff

I'll walk barefoot on broken glass to grab a case.



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[NRaleighLiberal]

4. Autumn is a great DUer!

Actually, I enjoy autumn (the season) - some of it is nostalgia (it was a great time to be a New Englander, with all of the colors). It means a break from a long garden season...and it means a two week trip to the NC Outer Banks!

I can tell by the number of huge web spinning brownish orange spiders that seem to be everywhere in my yard, on my windows (and I've only walked directly through a few of their webs thus far)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. It matters not if it's good or bad, my dear Denninmi...

It is inevitable...

[fizzgig]

6. it just means we can get snow at any time

living in colorado is a weather adventure

[RebelOne]

13. I was in Steamboat Springs during February a few years ago.

I grew up in Miami, FL, and moved to the Atlanta area in 1989. I won a ski trip for two to Colorado from a local radio station. I took my daughter who still lives in Miami. She was ecstatic because she had never seen snow. And there was a lot of it. I loved Colorado. The Rockies are fabulous. The Smoky Mountains are not that far from me in Tennessee and I have been there many times, but the Rockies are far more spectacular.

[rurallib]

7. we love Autumn so much guess what we named our daughter?

and we love the dark days of winter. Great time see friends and visit!

[jessie04]

8. I love summer.

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[elleng]

9. With you. Den,

and now that I have my cottage, I'm interested to see how things look at the river, so would like summer and autumn to last longer this year.

[nolabear]

10. I love autumn. But like you I get sick of winter fast.

Autumn here in Seattle is pretty enough, not like New England but some pleasant color and some great wind storms. It starts to cloud over about now so we won't see a whole lot of sun until about June...which is the problem. That and the eight hour days in the dead of winter. Mr. Bear has always maintained that I have SAD and I've begun to agree with him.

But autumn? Yeah, bring it on!

[Denninmi]

12. I just assumed you lived in New Orleans.

From the "Nola" part of your screen name.

Seattle winters must be pretty dark, you're a bit further north than we are - Detroit is about 42 degrees north, you 're almost at the 48th.

[nolabear]

14. I don't live there now. I grew up in and around there though.

Can't get much different from New Orleans than Seattle. This is a nice place but I always, always want to be in nola. I'm there as often as I can manage it.

[RebelOne]

11. Yes, bring it on. And winter is not far behind.

I love winter. I love cold weather. We here in North Georgia do not have the brutally cold winters as in the north. In fact, we may only get snow once or twice during winter. Our winters are fairly pleasant and the temperatures occasionally dip below freezing but warm up quickly. The only thing I hate is when there are ice storms. People here do not know how to drive on ice. I don't either as I have had a few mishaps driving and walking on it. I grew up in South Florida and moved here in 1989 and still cannot deal with ice.

[Earth_First]

15. I personally enjoy Autumn as my favorite season...

Crisp, sweater starts finishing in a t-shirt.

I met my wife and proposed last Autumn.

Fall tour is the best mix of outdoor and arena shows (Grateful Dead/Phish).

The COLORS!

Of course it's a precurser to a nasty four-letter word which I won't mention, however seasons come and seasons go...

Happy Autumnal Equinox, everyone!

[femmocrat]

16. Good.

But it's still too damn hot here. I can't wait for sweater weather. I'm still wearing sleeveless tops and capris to work.