What´s best about the current season? Options

[mirocu]

So here I thought we could talk about what we like best about the season we´re currently in, as the headline so deviously revealed...

As I write this it´s summer so that´s what we´ll be talking about now

I really like just being at the cottage in the summer. I like riding the mower as it´s a job that doesn´t wear me out and now I also like sitting in the excavator though I don´t really associate it with summer the same way. I like all the green and the sunny mornings and I have no trouble getting up very early just because there´s beautiful light outside. I like going for a swim at the beach but it has to be warm in the water and yes, I do like the girls there...


So what do you like best about the current season?

[ImperialSnob]

no school

[SubRosa]

Season 2 of Vikings? I think the best thing is we see more of Lagertha. More importantly, she isn't relegated to the 'housewife' role she had in Season 2. Now she is a Jarl (or at least becomes one), and a real player in events.

Oh wait, you mean the time of year season? I think the best thing about summer is the longer days. The sun comes up sooner, so I get an hour to an hour and a half to sleep in the light before getting up for work. When I was 18 I worked a job on the midnight shift, and ever since then I have always slept better in the daylight than at night.

Also I can keep the windows open. I know some people keep their AC on all summer, and their heat on all winter. But I hate how stuffy the air gets with everything all closed up. Give me fresh air blowing through the house.

[King Coin]

Seasonal beer. That counts for every season though.

I like being able to get outside to exercise during the summer. That counts for a lot of fall too, but winter and most of spring is just too unpleasant around here to go out.

[Acadian]

I love the early days. I get up at 0400, and to be able to get out and go for a run around civil twilight and be back before the sun gets high is magical. And in my piece of the high desert mountains, there are no flying biting bugs in the summer (or any other time of year). Oh, and I love what our low humidity does to the heat index: 'Temp is 95; feels like 88'.

[King Coin]

'Temp is 95; feels like 88'.

I've never heard such a thing! There's so much humidity here the air is thick and heavy.

[mirocu]

I can keep the windows open. I know some people keep their AC on all summer, and their heat on all winter. But I hate how stuffy the air gets with everything all closed up. Give me fresh air blowing through the house.

I so agree with you on this

I love the early days. I get up at 0400, and to be able to get out and go for a run around civil twilight and be back before the sun gets high is magical.

That really does sound nice! Almost wish I did that too And btw, I don´t get up at 0400. I get up at 4 AM.

You military, you..

[ghastley]

Curious to see "civil twilight" being mentioned as if we'd actually wonder if you meant nautical or astronomical twilight, and needed that kind of precision.

In Anchorage at this time of year, civil twilight lasts all night. I doubt that's the case where you are. In London, it's astronomical twilight all night.

This post has been edited by ghastley: Jul 1 2014, 05:10 PM

[Acadian]

Lol, I pay attention to it because I go out to run for an hour. Civil twilight here is about 30 minutes before sunrise. Then, because of a taller mountain range to my east, I don't actually see the sun until about 30 minutes after sunrise. Hence, starting at civil twilight, I get one magical hour of adequate light but no actual sunshine - perfect for summer running. As I get back home, the sun is just saying hello.

[SubRosa]

Oh, you are just saving your manhood by making sure no one thinks you are a Twilight fan.

[Acadian]

Nah.

On alternate days, I walk over to the gym (about a mile), lift weights, shower and walk home. During the warm half of the year the sun has usually crested the range to my east. Often I get to see it do so. If there are any hints of clouds around, it often creates a magnificent prism effect. Every time I see it I say to myself, "Looks almost as good as the godrays mod."

Another nice thing about mornings in the desert is that you can see about 100 miles - okay, I'm exaggerating, but the clear visibility is wonderful. Later in the day, the heat will begin to blur things and make the distant air look kind of wavy - the stuff desert mirages are made of.

[Lopov]

Summer is usually very hot in Slovenia, so it's not my favorite season because I don't tolerate heat very well. Still, what I like the most is that sea is warm enough to swim in and that I don't need to wear many clothes. Another good thing is that during summer we meet with friends more often than usual because most of us have holidays and we have more time to socialize. Oh and another good thing is that when my GF goes shopping, I can wait for her in a nearby bar outdoors, drinking coffee and enjoying the sun - I dislike shopping. Well, I can do that in spring too but it's better in summer.

[haute ecole rider]

What do I love about summer here in the Midwest?

Lightning bugs.

The late evenings and the long twilights.

The smell of freshly mown grass. More enjoyable now that I'm not the one mowing it . . .

Thunderstorms.

[King Coin]

Thunderstorms.

Agreed! But you got rocked a few days ago didn't you?

[mirocu]

The late evenings and the long twilights.

The smell of freshly mown grass. More enjoyable now that I'm not the one mowing it . . .

Thunderstorms.

Yes! So this!

[ghastley]

Thunderstorms.

Can't agree with that one. It seems like every time we get one, I lose power, and last night it was just as I started up Skyrim.

[mirocu]

We used to have it like that at the cottage but thanks to better powerlines the light doesn´t even flicker now

[Grits]

The local farmer’s market is open on Saturdays, farm stand every day down the street, and tomatoes and herbs growing in my garden. Summer is a great time for eating.

[mirocu]

Summer is a great time for eating.

Another thing I agree with!

We always go to this ice cream restaurant in the summer. Amazing creations and equally tasty!

[SubRosa]

"Conan! What is best about the current season?"

"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!"

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jul 3 2014, 08:35 PM