Wonderful Weather and Sensational Seasons

Hi @Judi9877 .... 👋💕

Thanks for starting up an interesting new thread an tagging me to it 🤗

I love all the seasons for their different qualities and characteristics, and the different activities they offer. My favourite season is probably Winter (love the cold ❣️) and my least favourite is Sunmer cos I burn to a crisp at a glance of sunshine ..... but a swim towards dusk or dawn, and a beach walk, are things I love about the hotter days ..... and watermelon, and mangoes ..... and .....

@Judi9877 This is a great thread, Thankyou.

My favourite season is autumn. Leaves changing colours to me, is so beautiful. It’s also moving into winter, and like you, I prefer the cold weather, and I also like crafts.

I like getting under my doona with a hotty etc, it’s comforting.

I seem to have SAD in summer, a season I dread every year. It drains my energy, the days seem endlessly long, and the sun seems to always be out. So the comfort of my doona etc is gone, waiting for cooler nights.

@Maggie - I never knew you could get SAD in summer. 😮 That would really suck.

I have SAD in winter, or more accurately, on every cloudy weather day throughout the year. It really affects me badly. I struggle with motivation and energy and get depressed. When the sun comes out my mood changes and I rush outside to get some sunshine.

I even struggle with depression every night once the sun goes down.

I prefer summer, not because I like extreme heat - I don't! But because the sun's out more often. I get more energy and am motivated to do things I can't manage to tackle in winter.

this is a great thread @Judi9877

hello @Maggie , @NatureLover , @Faith-and-Hope

My favourite season is spring , -- just nice

summer up here is tooo hot and humit,

winter time is ok as we going get down to 16 degrees

my husband has SAD and is affected by lots of rain , and heat

@Judi9877 @Shaz51 @NatureLover @Maggie @Faith-and-Hope

This is very interesting. I am a summer girl and I love being on the beach with the sun shining on my body. I also love the sand and surf. If I have to do anything else in summer I like the a/c in my home, in my car and at work!

I love blue skies, sunshine and afternoon rain.

Winter makes me miserable but spring and autumn are ok in small doses so yes, I change with the weather!

I do not like going to the movies, shops, museums etc in the daytime especially sunny days.

I like sunflowers and geraniums.

That’s about it. 🏝🌻🌞🏊‍♀️🏄🏻‍♂️🏄‍♀️🏊‍♂️

I have learned to appreciate Summer @Eve7 ..... by being with people who love Summer.

Great thread @Judi9877 !

I love hearing everyone's different takes on the seasons and weather and how they affect you

@eve7 @Shaz51 @NatureLover @Maggie @Faith-and-Hope

I love rain. And Autumn. I am finding extremes harder as I get older.

Hi @frog @Faith-and-Hope @Eve7 @Shaz51 @NatureLover @Maggie Thanks for all of your interesting and fascinating things on what seasons and different types of weather you like and why.

I really like and admire how some people like summer because of the warm weather and the different elements like food and going to the beach yet for others, it can be a different experience due to the effect it has on energy levels. I know for myself, as I've gotten older, I find summer to be a lot hotter than it was when I was growing up in Melbourne in the 80s as now, there are more days of 40 degrees than there was back then. I also tend to struggle with endless days of those type of heatwave temperatures with my mental health causing me issues in terms of mood swings and therefore, preferring to spend the days in my bedroom sleeping with the fan on or hiding out in the library reading books. Depending on if it's really hot, like 42 or 43, my housemate/best friend and I might chill out at the movies and watch something. We watched 'Ralph wrecks the Internet' one hot day. I had an above ground pool in my suburban backyard as a kid and used to love summer as I would spend lots of days in it with my family, riding on inflatable toys. Funny how things can change as you get older.

That poses a new question. Did you prefer a season when you were younger or at a different point in your life that you now don't prefer or has it stayed the same? I'm very interested to see your answers.

I have always loved the rain @Eve7 @frog

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@Judi9877 wrote:

That poses a new question. Did you prefer a season when you were younger or at a different point in your life that you now don't prefer or has it stayed the same? I'm very interested to see your answers.

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I think as kids we didn't mind winter at all - we were always outside, whether it was cold or not, wearing what seems now to be little warm clothing. I suppose we were running or cycling around, keeping warm. Now I don't like winter at all, the cold plus the gloom. I guess too that I'm much less active now - that probably explains some of it. And developing SAD explains the rest.