Monday morning as I awoke early as usual to take my sister’s dog Bronson for a walk something in the air felt different and there was a darker hue about as if the mornings were already getting darker but perhaps it was just the fact it was cloudy for a change, the temperature also dropped quite a bit lower in the night preceding as well, so much so that when I woke at about 5am I got back under my covers before falling back to sleep for another hour.
While walking my dog, the slightly darker morning gave me a happy festive-like feeling already even though August hasn’t even ended yet and it had gotten me excited for my three favourite months to arrive which are October, November and December. Those three months are my favourite as I associate October with Halloween, November with fireworks, bonfires and celebration and December with Christmas, making them all a nice festive build-up with darkening days and a progressive change of the weather towards the colder side.
I am not a super fan of Summer, I do enjoy it for times spent out at places with family, although not much of that was possible this year due to the pandemic. But outside of the family times in Summer, the season isn’t very favourable to me due to the unyielding heat and humidity which can give me headaches and make sleeping difficult and drain my energy throughout the day, also things like bees and wasps and one of my big phobias – moths – coming out, as well as that I usually will need to put sunscreen on when going out during the Summer as I burn easily.
None of that exists during the Autumn and Winter months and especially not during my three favourite months, no wasps, no bees, no moths, no sunscreen, no hot and humid weather and hardly as many headaches as in the Summer months. Concentrating and preserving energy seems to be easier during the colder months and getting warm when needed seems to be easier than getting cooler when needed, just wrapping yourself up in cozy fashion is often good enough.
I love the feeling of the darker mornings and the darker evenings for whatever reason, it just seems they are quieter with less people about which is something that suits me well when on a dog walk or just outside in general, less people to me is more comfortable. Autumn and Winter mornings and nights feel serene and beautiful when all is calm, the feel and taste of the air brings me many festive memories from times gone by.
Sadly, this happy feeling day led to a dark sadness by the evening when news arrived that my childhood dog Bubba had to be put to sleep. I hope the happiness I felt preceding that news was a notice that he is going on to a better place now where he is going to be very happy and where he will meet Bear again and perhaps my nan’s dog Barney, as Bubba in his much younger and fitter days had been good friends with him before he passed.
