This is my favorite time of the year. I love autumn.
And by autumn, I’m referring mostly to October, November and December – with December bordering on winter, depending on exactly where you live.
I’m still getting used to autumn in Florida. Growing up in wonderful North Carolina (my heart has never left the state), autumn meant beautifully colored tree leaves, mums in magnificent burgundys, reds and yellows, cool, crisp air, leaves rustling as you walked, light jackets and sweaters, bundling up for a Friday night football game. The memories can almost take me there even now.
Autumn is quite different in Florida. Autumn still has days with temperatures near or above 90 with considerable humidity. We do have some really beautiful days though. Like the past few – cool, clear mornings with temps in the low 50s and low humidity afternoons in the 70s. Thank God for those stronger cold fronts that actually make it this far south this time of year. This kind of weather is the reason people move to Florida. And although you’ve heard it before, if you can’t stand the summers here, you don’t deserve to be here in the autumn/winter.
I particularly love a good cool blast now – when it’s time to start thinking about Thanksgiving and Christmas. After nearly 20 years in Florida, I still really don’t like wearing shorts for either of these holidays. It just feels wrong to me.
Wherever you live, I wish you a blessed autumn. Breath deep and enjoy it while it lasts – winter is coming.
