Move Over Summer
By Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (57621)
Canada
September 20, 2026 7:41am CST
Autumn is in the air. Yes, the cooler weather, and beautiful, colourful time of the year has arrived.
Half of the nights over the course of this past week have been cool, and daytime temperatures have been dry and either overcast or sunny. but we are starting to see the colour changes in the leaves on the trees. It is always so subtle at first, sometimes, as early as late August, but growing as we go through September. We will peak in October.
I am reminded of this when I look at my autumn splendor coming out in bloom, behind my lovely summer petunias. The petunias have less blooms on them every day, I see this when I deadhead them.
The fall equinox is on September 22nd this year, are you looking forward to it?
~Photo is mine
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@Juliaacv (57621)
• Canada
7h
Yeah, but with winter comes Christmas, and I know how much you love that season. 
I dread summer like you dread winter I think.
Our Thanksgiving is within less than a month already, love this time of the year.
I'm looking forward to apple picking, going out to the pumpkin patch and a nice turkey meal for Thanksgiving. We're coming up on my most favorite month of the year.
I dread summer like you dread winter I think.
Our Thanksgiving is within less than a month already, love this time of the year.
I'm looking forward to apple picking, going out to the pumpkin patch and a nice turkey meal for Thanksgiving. We're coming up on my most favorite month of the year.1 person likes this
@wolfgirl569 (140739)
• Marion, Ohio
7h
@Juliaacv I would enjoy Christmas in Australia or Chile 
. Our thanksgiving is in November
. Our thanksgiving is in November1 person likes this
@Juliaacv (57621)
• Canada
7h
@wolfgirl569 I always thought that your Thanksgiving holiday is too close to Christmas, past when the fall harvest finishes.
You could never enjoy Christmas away without Adeline.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54728)
• United States
8h
Cooler weather will be appreciated. It is still summer like here.
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@rebelann (118765)
• El Paso, Texas
5h
I didn't notice any kool weather in August at all but then, as you know, we generally have really hot weather here @Juliaacv
Whats really surprising is that we've been actually humid and getting a number of thunderstorms mostly at night. I'm not used to humidity
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@Juliaacv (57621)
• Canada
4h
@rebelann My city is tucked in the middle of the Great Lakes, and being surrounded by water, we tend to have alot of moisture in our air. When weather crosses a lake, it picks up moisture and then quite often dumps it when it arrives over land. That happens in the winter months as well. Snow squalls off of the lakes are not something that you want to hear in the weather forecast.
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@Juliaacv (57621)
• Canada
8h
I love autumn more than any other season.
I grew up on a farm, and to see the crops come to harvest after the planting, cultivating and caring that went on for the seasons beforehand is amazing.
I was married in the fall, our son was born on the autumn equinox that year which was the 21st that year.
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@Juliaacv (57621)
• Canada
6h
We transition to all 4 seasons.
That's why you probably laugh when I complain about a heatwave of a week's time-you are used to that.
But then again, I complain when there is a severe cold snap lasting just as long.
But autumn, the foods that are in season, apples, pears, squash, cauliflower and pumpkins are so nice to enjoy fresh. The apples that are in season in October are usually winter pack apples, meaning that the orchards will store them and sell them fresh during the winter months. It is like a breath of freshness in the coldest time of the year for us.
@celticeagle (194102)
• Boise, Idaho
37m
I am so looking forward to it I love Halloween. 22nd isn't far off.
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@celticeagle (194102)
• Boise, Idaho
19s
@Juliaacv .......I will be watching the leaves fall.
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@luisadannointed (13132)
• Philippines
7h
You love Petunias? It looks lovely but I don't like the meaning of that flower, it means anger/ resentment.
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@luisadannointed (13132)
• Philippines
7h
@Juliaacv You know the movie, kate and leopold? That's where I got interested in knowing flowers.
Begonias and Petunias, though they look pretty, a man should not give it to the woman they love.
Because Petunia means anger, while Begonia means danger.
amaryllis was the flower recommended by leofold to kate's brother; it means splendid beauty... the flower does not look nice, but the meaning will surely make a girl so special.
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@Juliaacv (57621)
• Canada
6h
@luisadannointed I cannot say as though I have seen the movie.
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@FourWalls (87840)
• United States
4h
They’re saying that the temperature change is going to come in right on time, just like it did last year. It’s in the mid-90s (35C) today, but down to 70 (21C) Tuesday.
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@FourWalls (87840)
• United States
3h
@Juliaacv — yes, just congratulated a friend of mine who won the state title, and I’ll be heading out of here shortly. Thank you!
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@Juliaacv (57621)
• Canada
7h
I love the cool nights and mornings but they have been a little too cool actually.
The other night it got down to only 13C, and it took a while for the warm up to occur the following day.
I feel like our autumn is going by quickly already, but I hope that it slows down.
I did get a new zipper put into my winter coat, but I do not want to have to wear it just yet.
The squash and pumpkins are no where ready yet, so we have plenty of time for warm days to allow them to ripen, along with the field corn and the soyabeans standing in the fields.
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@RasmaSandra (101097)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1h
I don't know what to look forward to it is still 81 here with about the same humidity,
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@RasmaSandra (101097)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9m
@Juliaacv still need the AC at full,
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@Juliaacv (57621)
• Canada
7h
Oh thank you.
I will tell you a little secret about petunias.
When you deadhead them, you can put them into some dirt, and they will reseed next year.
I found that out quite by coincidence this year and ran it by @wolfgirl who answered alot of my questions on the topic and helped steer me to replanting them successfully in a planter this year where they bloomed and thrived.
I look forward to your post on petunias.
