The best season: winter. I suppose we'll start with the obvious in that I grew up in an area where it was winter for the majority of the year. Having snow on the ground as early as middle November or as late as early May was not uncommon. When you grow up in that type of environment, you either learn to love it or hate it. I have always loved winter. Yes, there are some drawbacks. Driving is often terrible. You have to start your car twenty minutes before you leave for work. It's dark, like, twenty hours out of the day. But there's also Christmas and the smell of wood burning stoves and nights spent inside wearing sweatpants and sweatshirts underneath a warm blanket. And when you spend time outside, there's just a different air to it. It's indescribable. Plus, hockey season!
Runner up in the season ranking: fall. Pumpkin flavored EVERYTHING! But also the lead up to the best season of the year. Much like winter, there's just something in the air that is just different than all the rest of the seasons. The dog days of summer are a recent memory and everyone is relieved that that ridiculous heat wave finally broke. Fall is an awesome time to get out of the house and just be outside. It's cool enough for jeans and a zip up hoodie, but not cold enough to bundle up. Again, being from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, I remember spending quite a bit of time out side around this time of year. The past three years, I've gone home to hunt and spending time in the woods in October and November is...I don't know how to describe it. It's almost artistic in the woods. Like, a master artist couldn't come up with the colors. Most of the leaves have fallen or are changing color. Here's a couple of photos I took last October while out in the woods.
Just behind fall is spring. For those who hate winter, spring is a sight for sore eyes. For those who cannot wait for summer, spring is a season of anticipation. For me, I could take or leave spring. A lot of times it is just cold and wet. The snow is starting to melt and all that remains are the piles of nasty grey snow that no one wants to look at. It is the first time you are able to open the windows of your house and let out the winter stank. And the spring time air is refreshing. One of the upsides to spring, is the fact that baseball returns. Spring Training begins and so does the regular season. Also, the days get longer so you don't have to worry about driving home in the dark when you finish with work at 5:00.
Let's face it. Summer sucks. Sure, the days are incredibly long, baseball season is in full swing, and everyone loves to be outside. But it's hot. And sticky. And sweaty. And miserable. I don't like summer because of the heat. I am not a warm weather type of person. I am most likely in the minority in this thinking, but I just get miserable when I get too warm. And sure, there is air conditioning in cars and houses, but when you leave that environment, the heat and humidity is there to slap you in the face. Also, there is the spike in the electrical bill makes the figurative slap in the face that much worse.
