Autumn has arrived.It has been raining solidly for two days. 50 mm last night, apparently.
The rain hurls itself horizontally along the ridge from the West, battering the side of my house for days on end. The ground is already turning into quagmire and the pigs' run is starting to look like the Somme.
It is dark, cold and dank, and the thought of a whole Winter like this on my own is utterly depressing. I just want to go back to bed and sleep until Spring.
oh, for the sleep til spring genes; to become part porcupine...
ReplyDeletewe still have beautiful Fall to get through here, though it is our favorite season, so has its own - bleh
I wish I could join you. I'd even bring my own duvet x
ReplyDeleteI'd love to bring my duvet and join the long winter's sleep. We've had days of rain too and that combined with less daylight every day makes me dread the long winter. By the way, I love your description of pigs' run looking like the Somme!
ReplyDeleteI'm dreading the dark of winter -- those long evenings by myself. We've had a few rainy days here too but in winter we get snow and cold, usually around -15C -- sometimes colder/warmer.
ReplyDeletei am the odd one out. i guess since i will not have it like i had it where i lived when my Dragon was alive, i am melancholy for bad weather. it has not rained here in over 2 months. 90 degree days with no clouds is hard to take when i know back home the curtain has closed on summer and leaves are changing. c'est la vie.
ReplyDeleteWnS - I need the colder weather, too. I did not want summer to be here, what with all its "out and about and happy people" energy. Dark and colder is more akin to me, these days. A different missing, the one where we are snuggled in, rather than the summer missing of "we should be off somewhere right now."
ReplyDeleteI have done a 180° turn since R died. I used to really enjoy the snuggling, feasting, long evenings by the fire aspects of Winter. Now Summer for me means work and activity and rushing to get things done, a time when bad thoughts can be put on the back-burner. The thought of the long dark empty nights just fills me with dread.
ReplyDeleteI found this post very beautiful in its honesty and feeling. For some reason it made me recall all those lovely meals and breads you made when you first started posting. I used to love to see the photos you posted of your wonderful creations - I felt they were works of art. Maybe I equate fall with baking again. Anyway, I have despised the winters so long now I am getting sick of it. For now I am trying to make the most of enjoying our autumn days which I never took the time to do in previous years because I was usually caught up in grieving one loss or another. Just know, others totally understand and hear what you're feeling. And also for what it is worth, I am trying to hold on to that hokey sentiment that there is beauty in each season.
ReplyDeleteBut autumn will get better, sunny days and crunchy leaves underfoot.
ReplyDeleteI still enjoy autumn - the kind we have in eastern Canada - the flaming leaves of oak and maple. However, once the leaves go, that's it. Now, I equate winter with struggling to get my dad and then my husband to chemo and radiation appointments through snowstorms and freezing rain. I just hate the look of snow to the point that it trigger PTSD (not joking). I began going down to Arizona two winters ago and will return this year. J, I agree about the difference between summer activity and winters now that you're alone. I can't think of what I would do through our long Canadian winter now that I'm alone. Winters used to be for hiking, x-country skiing and snowshoeing with our dogs, then coming home to make a hot dinner. Now, it would just be long, cold days and evenings along. Brrrhh!!
ReplyDeleteYep, Autumn is lovely. I am hoping that this wave of bad weather will pass and we will have a couple of weeks of Indian Summer at the end of the month that I can properly enjoy. But time to bring some wood in, I think, just in case.
ReplyDeleteThe thought of disappearing off somewhere hot is very tempting at times. I don't think I am strong enough to do a long trip on my own yet, though, and there are too many commitments here, in any case.
I can dream though!
Oh, how crappy. That's a disgusting amount of rain. Forget snuggling under the duvet. Doesn't someone out there have a condo in Hawaii to offer you and Moose for the winter?
ReplyDeleteBut rainy days are really great opportunities to catch up on letter writing. (Hint, hint)
@FM: I know, I know. I am feeling very guilty at my dreadful tardiness, but I will write soon - I promise.
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