In my sci fi reading of late, I ran across a bleak future (aren’t they all?) piece set in the post warming era. Told in the first person, the main character recalls a time when the seasons changed noticeably and went on to explain that there were seasons still but they were more like variations of the same theme. Low summer. Mid summer. High summer.
A couple of weeks ago my favorite time of the summer – of the year here really – announced its arrival with the yellowing of the canola fields.
To an Iowa girl, summer is corn and soybeans. Greens.
But here in Alberta we have canola fields that slowly yellow. The color spreads and darkens until one awakes to find oneself surrounded by undulating carpets of deep glowing flowers, spreading out in all directions.
Off the Josephburg Road
So, today’s meme is to describe or show your favorite time of year. Here or link back.
anniegirl1138 
My favourite time of year is from when the temperature stops dropping below freezing at night in the spring until it starts dropping below freezing again in the fall. I love a mild day time temperature, long hours of sunlight and gentle breezes. I like it when it rains at night and not during the day. I like being outside as much as possible.
I don’t, however, like oppressive heat. Which is why it’s mostly “nice” here in western Canada.
I’m not a big fan of winter – blech to the cold and the snow – and I become less and less a fan of it as I grow older. However, I recognize its value in keeping many of the creatures and critters at bay; things that would overrun us (like they have further south) if we didn’t have a period of killing cold.
BTW, nice picture sweetie.
Spring and the sense of newness and hope that it brings.
Autumn.
Crisp mornings, bright days, cool and clear and fresh.
Smells of burning leaves, trees regaled in color. Dew, frost, long nights. Sharp, sparkling stars, slate gray clouds, rains. Warm stew, warm sweaters, jeans. Candlelight, pumpkins, apples, cider, wine. Crackling fires and ash-dusted hearths, amber glowing windows.
The Earth yawning, stretching, ready for sleep.
Just like me. 🙂