That time of year again!

lululu

Morning everyone. Sitting here listening to the wind and rain it is going to be one of them days when it is never properly daylight. Just wondered how wveryone else feels about the winter, going to work in the dark, coming home in the dark. This will be my first winter for years with arther bothering me and I allways get SAD does anyone have any good coping stratagies.

lupin15

Hi
I know what you mean..i have suffered with SAD for years but since i got my dog four years ago it has improved. I make the most of the dry sunny days when we get them. I must admit i was out with the dog at 6.30am in the windy wet weather but i think it is just going to be a wet winter. At least it is not icy and slippery out (yet i hear you all yelling).
Although i have just found out i have arthur and still at the early stages of seeing doctors etc...i have had these for years. Make sure you get out as much as possible...any day light is better than none. It will be spring before you know it.

dreamdaisy

Apparently dawn arrived a little while ago, but it is really hard to tell. I loathe this time of year but I do manage to thank whoever that I am not an arthritic Finn, or Swede, or anyone else who lives that far north. At least we do get something that resembles daylight for a few hours, even in the worst weather. DD

tkachev

Like Babycham I like this time of year. It means my son will not be out in the garden for hours on end getting distressed by the noise of lawnmowers and noisy people and music.
I love to shut the curtains and get away from the world.

Elizabeth

annie_mial

I loathe this time of year, too.......dark and depressing. Always feel better and come back to life when January is out of the way. Even though there may be bad weather times after that at least I can see the evenings lightening and the plants and bulbs pushing through.

Annie

lululu

When I die I want to come back as something, anything that hibernates all winter, I love the idea of being tucked up in a shoebox in someones airing cupboard!

ninakang

Horrible depressing weather I don't mind cold crisp mornings when the sun's out, it's when it's dark and raining that bothers me. Arthur's always worse in the rain - can someone tell me the reason for this? Is it the damp?

Nx

airwave

Good grief, what are you lot on? Don't say DRUGS! We all get to have some of them......

Its the beginning of autumn not the end of the world. I've been out today, sun shining, too hot for a cardy, beautiful weather, honest!

Wake up and smell the coffee, even deepest darkest winter has its beauty, another day to smile.

8)Its a grin, honest!

dreamdaisy

Oh how lovely, airwave! We saw the sun today at about 3.30pm. Small patches of blue sky appeared at about 2.30, things became brighter, the rain stopped (a constant since Saturday) but now the sky is leaking again. Ho-hum. DD

airwave

Nope DD, today was sun ALL day and dare I say it, I did think about the suncream on my bare head! I cycled (OK, OK I know its got an electric motor to help, but the thought is there) to town and back stopping off and sat and watched the world go by, soooooo relaxing, aahhhhhhh.

Teas not bad here, perhaps I could have one of them virtual buns.....?

8)Its a grin, honest!

valval

hi we try to go away for a week in october and again in may helps charge my batteries ready for winter val

carol101

This is my favourite time of year. There is nothing better than cuddling up in a nice warm jumper with a cup of tea and your loved ones while the wind and rain batters outside.

The one thing i hate of this time of year thoug is all the people who stand in shop doorways waiting for the rain to stop. It's water for goodness sake, it won't hurt you.

annie_mial

Grrrrr.....I got out of bed this morning, took a deep breath of early morning air - turned around and got straight back into bed again!

It was COLD.......and I hate COLD.

Annie

tonesp

The problem we have here is that we are on Central European tim one hour ahead of British time,However we are located west of Greenwich so it does not get light here until almost 8.30 now No incentive to get up there then :roll:

trisher

I don't like this time of the year when we know what's coming Winter. Today has been lovely and warm though. It is evven warm tonight we have not needed to put the heating on.

I get through this time by saying to myself well another day nearer to Spring coming and another day nearer to having it being light at night.

In between we have Christmas though so that is nice.

Trish xx

tonesp

We are in week 41 not too long to Christmas As I never grew up Bring it on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

angel1

As many of you know, this is a bitter sweet time of year for me. Frank and I always spent October in the Yorkshire Dales. We were there throughout the other seasons too, but Autumn was our special time, and we were always lucky with the weather. The colours - emeralds, russetts, golden yellows - were magnificent. Again, as many of my friends on here know, I went back on my own last year. I needed to do it, but it was so very hard.

Now, I`m happy to look at the same glorious colours in our own lovely garden, and remember.

One of our favourite songs was Forever Autumn, and I had it played at Frank`s funeral...........Ange.x.