Why Fall is My Favorite Season

As long as I can remember, fall by far been my favorite season. Firstly, the falling leaves are always a great sight to see, especially in more wooded areas. Starting at around mid fall when the leaves are really piling up I blow the leaves for $10 an hour, making the time very profitable. I also really like the weather in the fall, when the temperature is a comfortable 60 out and there is a nice cool breeze. 

  

Fall is also a time where I have a lot of memories. Both my mother and I were both born in October, making the season more eventful than others.  My mother and I also go to a farm for pumpkin picking every year, where we usually get some cider and donuts. Afterwords, we go home and figure out how we want to cave our pumpkins. Then we clean out our pumpkins and my mom starts to get the seeds from the pumpkins. After that, she cleans the seeds off and puts them on a tray. Lastly, she puts salt on them and cook them in the oven. 

I would say that one of my favorite parts of fall is that the school year has just started. This means that you get a new opportunity to make an impression on your teachers and peers. It also means that the school work is probably going to be easier than it is in spring, as we are just setting into our classes. Lastly, I enjoy the fact that fall weather allows for a lot of wardrobe flexibility, allowing both summer and winter apparel to be comfortable.

Rain by Robert Scott

    I'm looking out my window right now.  The sky is gray, the grass is slick with rain, and it's at that weird temperature where you can be hot and cold at the same time.  Fall.  What happened to the whole "April showers bring May flowers" deal?  Did all of that rain just decide to move a few months to now?  I thought fall was all about that cool, crisp air, with leaves falling off the trees in the wind.  Instead I'm wondering whether or not I've been transported to Seattle without my knowledge.  The weather has been in this state for a while as well, taking up most of September at my estimate.  Then again, I don't posses the greatest of memories, so it could really have only been this way for about a week and I'll think it has been raining for a month.  Either way, I'm hoping it'll start to dry up soon, as this constant rain and humidity is just depressing.

    Is it like this every year? I really can't remember, I've never thought about it before.  The summer had its fair share of rainy days as well, though it also had its fill of sunny, warm, classic summer days.  I don't mean to pick on rain too much though, as a rainy day here and there isn't bad at all.  Lately, however, it's been a bit excessive in my opinion.  All I see on the weather forecasts are those little cloud blips with water spouting out from under them.  Can't we throw in some regular clouds in there, maybe even the one where the sun is barely popping out of the clouds? (Though I don't mean to push it).  Only time will tell if that is so, and if the sole thing you see in the upcoming weather is rain, then you can just blame me for upsetting the meteorologist deity or something.
   To whoever keeps performing those rainmaking ceremonies; I think we've had enough.