[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by rubymoo

The conker craze was brilliant Lostie wasn't it kids turning up with carrier bags full of conkers, and the real competitive kids who had soaked theirs in vinegar to make theirs extra tough, so they'd win, kids today haven't lived

And yes LT the joy of finding that tree with huge conkers, and to spend an afternoon chucking a stick at those conkers to knock them off

I remember taking my girls to the park a few years back and finding a stick to throw at conkers, they looked at me as if i'd lost the plot as i started throwing the stick up the tree

I could never play Conkers properly (I also didn't really want to because I was scared of the conkers hitting my fingers ) so I'd just collect them for the sake of it.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by rubymoo

The conker craze was brilliant Lostie wasn't it kids turning up with carrier bags full of conkers, and the real competitive kids who had soaked theirs in vinegar to make theirs extra tough, so they'd win, kids today haven't lived

And yes LT the joy of finding that tree with huge conkers, and to spend an afternoon chucking a stick at those conkers to knock them off

I remember taking my girls to the park a few years back and finding a stick to throw at conkers, they looked at me as if i'd lost the plot as i started throwing the stick up the tree

i remember going to a park next to Kew and filling up a bag with conkers with my eldest (when she was 3) and we strung them on a shoestring and made a necklace

[rubymoo]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i remember going to a park next to Kew and filling up a bag with conkers with my eldest (when she was 3) and we strung them on a shoestring and made a necklace

Awww that's really sweet, i love that

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by rubymoo

Awww that's really sweet, i love that

it was one of these very trees

[Josy]

Second fave season after Winter, the colours of everything around us in Autumn are beautiful

[Jay.]

living for it

[MTVN]

Worst season by a long way, we're in for a depressing few months

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Worst season by a long way, we're in for a depressing few months

Couldn't disagree more, I'm usually at my happiest during these months. Absolutely love them.

I'm not a fan of January - March, and summer's fine when I've got stuff to do but otherwise it's depressing and the days seem to never end.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Worst season by a long way, we're in for a depressing few months

Go out and kick some crisp orange leaves around you miserable little ****

[Cal.]

Halloween tho<3

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by Who Is She?

Halloween tho<3

I haven't actually done anything on Halloween for years now but I still always love it.

Can't wait until it's starting to get darker at this time.

[LukeB]

Doesn't Autumn start on Wednesday, September 23 ?

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by LukeB

Doesn't Autumn start on Wednesday, September 23 ?

There's always some disagreement about that, I've always thought it was 21st.

But, in spirit, I like to class summer as ending when September rolls in so, for all intents and purposes, it's autumn for me now.

[arista]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Worst season by a long way, we're in for a depressing few months

No its Romantic Months

[Jason.]

Favourite time of the year. Can't wait for Halloween

September-February is my favourite period of the year. I'm glad September is here, TBH. This summer has been awful for me and just depressing. I can't believe we're only 4 months away from New Year. 2015 has gone by so quickly.

[rubymoo]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

it was one of these very trees

Wow that looks a nice clean park......not a crisp packet or can in sight

[Suze]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

I haven't actually done anything on Halloween for years now but I still always love it.

Can't wait until it's starting to get darker at this time.

I love it when the nights draw in And I like Halloween because we get the horror film fests on TV

[Ammi]

[kirklancaster]

Ode To Autumn by John Keats.

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.


Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,
Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.

.
Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.

[Josy]

Aw I love autumn the beautiful colours, the crunch of the leaves, and the crisp mornings

Nothing beats winter though

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Josy

Aw I love autumn the beautiful colours, the crunch of the leaves, and the crisp mornings

Nothing beats winter though

Yeah, I love all the seasons, but Autumn and Winter are the best. Whether others agree though, does, I think, depend upon:

a) Whether you have been raised to appreciate nature in all its true beauty

b) Living in an inner city concrete tower block gazing out over a vista of urban sprawl, graffitied decaying buildings, litter strewn streets and squalor.

Some of us are so lucky, that not only have we a 'sense' of nature, but also that we have at least some nature on our doorstep.

Just a thought.

[jennyjuniper]

My favourite season. As a child we went to church regularly, but harvest festival was utterly beautiful. The alter was full of fruit, veg and corn stooks and looked like a jewel box of colour. There is a scent in the air that is only to be found in Autumn and the morning mist in the fields is a wonderful sight.

[Ashley.]

This morning I sat in my garden with a cup of hot chocolate and a red leaf fell into my mug! I wasn't sure whether it was magical, or just annoying.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Josy

Aw I love autumn the beautiful colours, the crunch of the leaves, and the crisp mornings

Nothing beats winter though

Are you startin hag?.... *throws drink*

[Livia]

There was a definite chill in the air this morning, and the trees are just beginning to turn. I love autumn too. And Kirk, you can't beat a bit of Keats.