Telling the seasons blindfolded

[Primrose]

Strange question perhaps but does anybody feel that they can almost "sense" the seasons with their eyes closed? For example, today there has been something particularly balmy yet somehow autumnal in the breeze and yet despite the temperature being the same as it would have been on several warm Spring days, the air felt very different, with the Spring air almost like champagne, having a bit of a fizz to it. Or is it just psychological, with the temperatures being exactly the same but we're reacting according to our our perceptions of being anticipatory expectant for Spring, and anticipatory gloomier with for the approach of autumn/winter?

[oldherbaceous]

Gosh Primrose, i'm lost for words at that lovely worded post, i'll have to come back to it.

[alan refail]

Well it's just been raining here for the past four days - so eyes closed or open - it's wet

[Shallot Man]

We could do with a drop in this part of Essex.

[John]

Lovely, thoughtful posting, Primrose.
I wonder if its the changing day length that we are sensing like so many animals (and plants) are able to do? Its quite noticeable now how much darker the evenings are becoming and of course its getting darker much earlier.

John

[Primrose]

I certainly feel like a wild animal as far as the cooler nights and dark evenings are concerned. The day the clocks come forward again at the end of October is a very low point for me. Once it's dark my energy levels seem to plummet and I find myself physically incapable of any vaguely energetic activity. I must have been a bird in a previous life. As soon as darkness falls I could quite happily take myself off to bed. (There's usually rubbish on TV anyway, so not missing much!). Of course in medieval times people only had candlelight so their lives were totally governed by natural daylight and if you were so poor that you couldn't afford many candles, you probably did go to bed pretty soon after darkness fell.

[mrs l]

My daughter was born on sept 5th, 29yrs ago, but she always feels excited at this time of the year. She loves the darkning nights and the smells of autumn. Me- I feel a bit sad at this time of year as the allotment starts to empty.

[Elaine]

For me, it's the difference in the smell of the air which alerts me to the changing seasons. A couple of mornings recently, there has been that "back end-ish" scent to the air, promising Autumn, falling leaves and misty mornings. I love Autumn but dislike winter with the seemingly endless dark nights and horrors...snow

Spring smells fresh and earthy and summer has so many different smells, it's difficult to define.

Cheers.

[Elle's Garden]

I too am a September baby and I have always enjoyed the onset of Autumn. I look forward to falling leaves and later on those frosty crisp mornings. But over the last few years the seasons just seem to be merging into pretty much greys of slightly warmer or slightly cooler temperatures with the occasional outburst of something more 'seasonal'. I am quite happy with cold - but i still want sun . I have a bit more of an interest in when the first frosts come this year, so I am really hoping that we don't have an early one! But to go back to the start, I agree Primrose, I do think you can just feel it, it's different. Also the bird song is different.