Freak.

What's to like about those things? Autumn means winter is coming. Winter is evil. Autumn is the harbinger of evil.

Autumn does suck. There was frost on the ground this morning.

Autumn is great. Colorful leaves, crisp cold mornings and cool afternoons, football games, caramel apples, and hot chocolate.

Autumn is great. Colorful leaves, crisp cold mornings and cool afternoons, football games, caramel apples, and hot chocolate.

This! The air seems clearer and smells better. Beautiful oranges and reds and golds. I always have more energy in autumn.

Luckily, I found it before I left for work, so I didn't have the embarrassment of the undies falling to the floor on the train....

I did that once and they fell out in the middle of class. It was a big class, though, so only the girl sitting next to me noticed.

Last night the husband of mine said "I like this thing you're doing, where you cook." I probably should have replied, "It's to thank you for always doing the dishes," because he does, even when he's the one who cooked, but instead I said, "Yeah, as I was eating Cheetos and Twix for lunch I realized maybe I should eat something for my meals besides bread and crackers."

Last night: corn muffins (instant from mix, whee!) and vegetarian chili (tomatoes, red kidney beans, grilled peppers, corn).

If you want crisp cold mornings and cool afternoons you should live somewhere it rarely gets hot. Then you won't have to wait for autumn for it to be true. I've never waited for autumn for hot chocolate and don't see why caramel apples are seasonal, so that's no pull for me.

Please don't talk about love tonight

you're welcome.

It's gray outside. Gray and cold. And it gets dark early. I want summer back.

If you want crisp cold mornings and cool afternoons you should live somewhere it rarely gets hot. Then you won't have to wait for autumn for it to be true.

I dunno. I like distinct seasons. For example, just when I start to get sick of winter, spring arrives.

That was the freaky think about San Francisco weather to me - no distinct seasons. (Except for it being cooler and rainy during "winter").

I drink hot chocolate in the middle of summer in the high desert. In fact, I need more hot chocolate now, but I don't do the grocering anymore, so I never end up with any. It's not something I remember to put on the list (ice creem sandwichs!) which is too bad, because the SO does pretty good about coming home with whatever I've asked for. I think he's a little baffled with what I'm doing with all that plain yogurt, but he buys it.

I still love autumn, but not here. I miss midwestern autumn. Here it's just weird, windy and occasionally warm and occasionally cold. I much prefer winter here. But that's mostly because of our passive solar design house. It's so lovely in winter, flooded with light and warmth and cozy and protected but letting you look out over the snow covered cedars.