tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post5495872470838157247..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: August to Autumn . . .materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-13766475700448661612010-08-18T22:13:19.649-07:002010-08-18T22:13:19.649-07:00K-Line: I know! I was so struck by that synchronic...K-Line: I know! I was so struck by that synchronicity when I read Mardel's lovely post this a.m.<br />I think you're right about the programming -- makes sense that there would be some cellular messaging that tells us to get ready for some serious dark, cold times (and, in the spring, that we can relax enough to get out there and look for new sprouts to eat). For me, having seen kids off to school for something like 22 Septembers, then being a grad student forever, and now teaching, my falls are always marked by a return to a more fixed schedule after the relative freedom of summer. So it's the weather, yes, but it's also the different lifestyle. That lifestyle brings some positives, though -- I get to dress up a bit more, get back to textures that I love, and there's a different kind of socializing that happens through and at work. It's all good, as my son says . . .materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-24102671704896826582010-08-18T22:07:17.061-07:002010-08-18T22:07:17.061-07:00Pseu: I'm curious about what kinds of weather ...Pseu: I'm curious about what kinds of weather and/or vegetation changes mark your area's turn to autumn, if any. I don't like being really cold, but I think I'd miss that first October frost.<br />Tiffany: I haven't picked that issue up yet -- but I know Mardel has it -- if she doesn't see this comment, perhaps leave her a note on her blog. <br />Mardel: I loved your post today, as you know! but what strikes me most in your comment here is that you have raspberries ripening at the same time as blackberries -- we've got blackberries here, but my raspberries are always ready in June, with a few late bloomers to harvest in July. Interesting difference.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-88785682169863876052010-08-18T22:02:16.770-07:002010-08-18T22:02:16.770-07:00LPC: I agree, that's a powerful and lovely son...LPC: I agree, that's a powerful and lovely sonnet. <br />I'm feeling more and more as if I'm in the autumn, not just late summer, of my life, and it's not so bad.<br />Hostess: Tick, tick, tick . . . That day after Labour Day will soon be here. Meanwhile, have the last bits of summer and savour them, right?materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-42521979073985045582010-08-18T18:36:18.879-07:002010-08-18T18:36:18.879-07:00You and Mardel are on opposite coasts, but of one ...You and Mardel are on opposite coasts, but of one mind today!<br /><br />I too get very melancholy and pensive at this time of year, though I LOVE fall most of all and it makes me energetic because of the chill and the need to cook everything.<br /><br />Late summer though, it's transitional in a languid way.<br /><br />I also find that each spring I feel the same feeling - a lightening, a bounce, the rush of everything.<br /><br />Maybe we're programmed, no matter our age.K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-29545003537351075812010-08-18T18:17:09.176-07:002010-08-18T18:17:09.176-07:00My sedums are almost at that place, but not quite....My sedums are almost at that place, but not quite. They are one of the joys of Autumn. Such an interesting post, and an interesting place August/Autumn on so many levels. I love that August is the season when the nights are cool again and summer is definitely on the wane, but it is also the season for raspberries and blackberries, and the time when the heirloom tomatoes are finally ripening even as the plants are no longer setting fruit and are beginning to die back. It remind me of the joys of being at that Autumn place, and how ripeness and the fullness wisdom and creativity are so close to decline. Oops, I'm wandering off again.Mardelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850551308931710502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-10010232746215344322010-08-18T16:50:25.222-07:002010-08-18T16:50:25.222-07:00Mater, I have a completely non-autumn question for...Mater, I have a completely non-autumn question for you, regarding knitting. Actually, it is autumn related - have you got the Fall issue of Interweave Knits? I saw a pic of a scarf in Knitting Daily and I can't for the life of me remember what it was called - but I think it was a Moebius lace design, knitted in lace weight yarn. Just wondering if I've got that right, so I can either wait for the mag to come out here or order it online. Thanks!Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11536212906241844509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-61120688807356346412010-08-18T09:25:16.494-07:002010-08-18T09:25:16.494-07:00I'm always amazed by the variety and sheer pro...I'm always amazed by the variety and sheer prodigiousness of your garden!<br /><br />I find August to be a frustrating month. Tail end of summer, gearing up for <i>le petit monsieur's</i> school year, but nothing to look foward to weatherwise except weeks of intermittent blasts of serious heat.<br /><br />Still, I saw some bronze mums at Trader Joe's the other day, a sure sign of autumn!Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005855250089328310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-79207617139192651002010-08-18T08:28:56.888-07:002010-08-18T08:28:56.888-07:00I get a feeling of melancholy in late August...my ...I get a feeling of melancholy in late August...my garden is getting ready to fade and work is calling my name...<br />boating season is coming to a close and the weather gets foggy and cooler.<br /><br />You sound like you are meeting things head on armed with books and G&T's and the hammock...hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-86391574299290199202010-08-18T08:12:49.435-07:002010-08-18T08:12:49.435-07:00This has always been my favorite of Shakespeare...This has always been my favorite of Shakespeare's sonnets. http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/73comm.htm. I don't mind being in the late summer of my life. The aches and pains and physical weakening is annoying, but I still don't mind.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.com