Basically, I enjoy all four seasons and cannot imagine life without them. In other words, I could not live somewhere where the seasons never changed. Admittedly, Texas falls could not be pushed any closer to winter than they are. Our trees are just now dropping the leaves and the colors are mid peak and a little beyond. Winter begins in approximately 9 days--not looking to see the actual day this year for winters official start.
However, fall has always been my most favorite time of the year, followed by spring, then winter. Summer drops to the end of the list because of the heat, because it just does not behave here like the summers in the Great Lakes, the mountains, or New England. When I say behave, it is fundamentally because of climatology. Every area of the country has there little idiosyncrasy(s)
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| Halloween Replay |
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| Just an absolute fire-pot of color |
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| A more traditional look for the second week of December, yet it was in the 70s today. |
that if you live in that place, you expect, or accept without grumbling. For example, in the Great Lakes, about 60 miles south of the lakes, there is more cloud cover surrounding the areas. It's the moisture from such a large body of water that causes the cloud cover--stratus--if I remember correctly. As the sun gets higher in the sky, the clouds burn off. You see this more readily if you fly a lot. Here in Texas, the Gulf is as big an influence as the Great Lakes. In reverse. On a larger scale. Controlled by prevailing winds from the south, Then, about Dallas, latitude wise, the mixing bowl takes all those factors and mixes them up and then we get the big hail storms, tornadoes and winter mix of sleet, ice pellets and those fun things.
Today, I was thinking. Spring goes into summer and that is about all you get. But Fall, gives you color, cooler temps, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and then you get winter with Christmas and New Years, Valentines kind of all mixed up in one big snow cone. It's like having you cake and eating it, too. It's everything except Spring and Summer. But sometimes, we get a lot of that too!
Today I was reminded of that fact with some things that presented themselves unexpectedly. See what you think. And as always, a quick reminder that if you click on one of the images, the total package will enlarge with a thumbnail at the bottom. When the first opens, then click on the little thumbnails and they too, will enlarge.
