Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Decidedly autumnal
As ever, people can seldom agree. The start dates of the seasons is no exception. There are those folks that go with the vernal equinoxes and those that desire simplicity - the seasons neatly packaged into the first of the month as in March April and May being spring and so on. The vernal equinox system does have questions to answer such as why does summer start on June 21st and mid summer's day come one day later? Being a good old country boy, my preference is for simplicity and the first of the month start date for the seasons. It is a system favoured by the much maligned met office after all. For a few nights we've broken the hot water bottles out of storage and talk of it still being summer is readily dismissed. The air is crisper and the blackberries are ripening - all signs to combers that autumn is with us.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment