DaisyJane
signs that summer is fading
Posted on: 08/31/2010 08:50
A week ago I drove along the expressway and noted that the Oktoberfest tent is being constructed. In KW Oktoberfest is a big deal. The tent is a sure sign that summer is waning and fall is on our doorstep.
A few days ago we returned from our annual, five family camping extravaganza at Killbear Provincial Park. This always happens at the tail end of August (no mosquitoes!). When we return our kids know that their summer holiday days are numbered to the fingers on one hand. Another sign that summer is fading.
In our neighbourhood it is quite common for kids to be away for significant chunks of the summer. Some go to sleepaway camp for a month, followed by summer holidays with family. Some spend the summer at a family cottage. A few kids spend the summer with extended family in various European locations (i.e. grandma in Portugal, auntie in Croatia). In the last few days all of the kids are appearing on the neighourhood streets again where they are all comparing notes on their summer holidays.
In the rhythm that is our life these are the little things that, for me, signal the end of summer holidays and the arrival of fall and back-to-school.
What about you?
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crazyheart
school started Labour day
Posted on: 08/31/2010 10:02
school started
Labour day Classic - Riders versus Winnipeg
Longer nights - shorter Days
sears wish Book
lastpointe
The Ex starting. I waited
Posted on: 08/31/2010 10:11
The Ex starting. I waited all summer for it when I was a kid but then it was sad because you knew it meant school in a week or so.
I picked my tomatoes, always means end of summer to me.
The grass is dewy in the morning after the cold nights.
A few red leaves in trees as you drive around.
All the back to school supplies in stores and commercials on TV. Though i hate the one that uses the theme of The most wonderful time of the year.
I always loved having my kids home for summer, it was the best time of the year.
Hilary
I wore a coat and scarf to
Posted on: 08/31/2010 10:23
I wore a coat and scarf to work this morning.
pommum
Hilary ... it is very hot
Posted on: 08/31/2010 15:52
Hilary ... it is very hot here, no coats in sight! When do you move!
Jadespring
Well I'm living in a heat
Posted on: 08/31/2010 15:55
Well I'm living in a heat wave right now so that's not showing it fading.
Last week while lying in bed I heard a flock of geese flying over. This is happening most mornings now. When the geese start flying summer is coming to an end. :(
somegirl
We're in the middle of our
Posted on: 08/31/2010 15:58
We're in the middle of our hottest week of the summer. It's hard to believe that it's almost over. The kids are going to fry in school on Thursday.
One sign that summer is coming to an end: we're all checking in at the hurricane centre website several times a day to see if Earl is going to hit us.
Hilary
On Sunday, it got as low as 4
Posted on: 08/31/2010 16:09
On Sunday, it got as low as 4 degrees. Summer isn't fading - it's gone!
(pommum - I drive east the last week of September. Hopefully some summer will still be around so that I can have another crack at it!)
myst
It's pouring rain in
Posted on: 08/31/2010 16:53
It's pouring rain in Vancouver today - feels like Nov not the end of August. It is supposed to clear by tomorrow so maybe it will again feel more like the end of summer. The earlier sunsets are what really hit me this past week letting me know the summer was coming to a close.
Birthstone
X( lalalala I can't hear
Posted on: 08/31/2010 17:59
X( lalalala I can't hear you!!!! lalalalala!! I'm sitting in the sun with lemonade, and ignoring all you party poopers! lalala!
Tiger Lily
I am sooooo with you
Posted on: 08/31/2010 18:24
I am sooooo with you Birthstone lol.
MorningCalm
myst wrote: It's pouring rain
Posted on: 08/31/2010 19:27
It's pouring rain in Vancouver today...
There's a shocker.
Meanwhile, here in Canada's world class city, a heat wave is going on. Sure doesn't feel like summer is ending.
Tabitha
It was one degree last
Posted on: 08/31/2010 19:47
It was one degree last night-but warmed up today in this wonderful city.
mrs.anteater
We had 33 degrees and it's
Posted on: 08/31/2010 20:38
We had 33 degrees and it's only going down to 19 tonight.
PastryChef_Deb
Signs that summer is fading
Posted on: 08/31/2010 21:31
Signs that summer is fading for me is only having, maybe, 35 days left of fishing from my boat on my favourite lake. What can I say...I'm a fisherman. Then I have to wait till the northern lakes freeze so I can go ice fishing!!!
crazyheart
i heard it was zero in
Posted on: 08/31/2010 22:08
i heard it was zero in Edmonton lasr night - first frost
Northwind
I thought we'd had our first
Posted on: 08/31/2010 22:49
I thought we'd had our first frost of the season here last night. I think we narrowly missed it this time. It will be here soon.
I went to Staples today to check out all in one fax/printers.......the place was full of back to school shoppers. If I have to buy one right now, I am hoping to get a deal even if I am not going back to school. Think I'll get away with it?
I think I wore my shorts on my morning dog walk for the last time on about Friday. Brrrrr.
The days are getting noticeably shorter. Oh well, in this world class city it is still light out at 8:00 pm right now.
Rowan
The yellow leaves on
Posted on: 09/01/2010 00:29
The yellow leaves on practically every Poplar tree I've seen of late and the fact that I had to bring my tomato plants in lastnight. It also smells like fall out there.
somegalfromcan
Signs of Fall: The weather!
Posted on: 09/01/2010 01:18
Signs of Fall:
The weather! Today I wore a cardigan over a long sleeved shirt and sipped hot chocolate (with marshmallows of course!). We had a BBQ at a coworkers house tonight and spent the entire time inside.
The change in my schedule - next week when the kids go back to school my work hours return to something resembling normal (during the summer I spend 52.5 hours a week at my two jobs, during the rest of the year it's around 40).
The Saanich Fair happens this weekend (think PNE/CNE but on a MUCH smaller scale and with no musicians).
Birthstone
***still not listening!!
Posted on: 09/01/2010 08:28
***still not listening!! lalalal where's my book? oh, under my Muskoka chair.... lalala****
gecko46
Corn is getting taller, ears
Posted on: 09/01/2010 09:13
Corn is getting taller, ears are filling out. The beans are turning yellow - soon area farmers will be harvesting corn and beans.
Deer are coming into my backyard at night looking to swipe apples from the tree.
Tuesday, September 7th is "Hell with the Bell Day".
Judd
When I drove home from my
Posted on: 09/01/2010 09:25
When I drove home from my trailer yesterday I noticed that there were fields of ripe pumpkin a month early.
Many barns had new roofs and fresh paint. It's been a good crop year here.
crazyheart
The furnace just kicked in.
Posted on: 09/01/2010 09:50
The furnace just kicked in.
alta
***starting to day dream
Posted on: 09/01/2010 11:17
***starting to day dream about snowmobiling***
Hilary
gecko46 wrote: Tuesday,
Posted on: 09/01/2010 11:30
Tuesday, September 7th is "Hell with the Bell Day".
Back to school?
redbaron338
alta wrote: ***starting to
Posted on: 09/01/2010 11:39
***starting to day dream about snowmobiling***
AAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!
gecko46
Hilary wrote: gecko46
Posted on: 09/01/2010 12:11
Tuesday, September 7th is "Hell with the Bell Day".
Back to school?
Hi Hilary.
No, actually it is about not going back to school. Groups of retired teachers in my area (don't know that it happens across ON and elsewhere) get together for breakfast on the first day of school and celebrate the fact that we don't have to go to work - no more bells to dictate our lives!
Hilary
I love that!
Posted on: 09/01/2010 12:28
I love that!
Tyson
gecko46 wrote: Hilary
Posted on: 09/01/2010 12:48
Tuesday, September 7th is "Hell with the Bell Day".
Back to school?
Hi Hilary.
No, actually it is about not going back to school. Groups of retired teachers in my area (don't know that it happens across ON and elsewhere) get together for breakfast on the first day of school and celebrate the fact that we don't have to go to work - no more bells to dictate our lives!
Yeah. Except many of those "retired" teachers end up being on the supply list and keep me out of a job.
Tyson
Hilary wrote: I love
Posted on: 09/01/2010 12:50
I love that!
I'd love it too......if they remained retired. It's a bit strange when "retired" teachers get more work than I do teaching.
MistsOfSpring
gecko46 wrote: Hilary
Posted on: 09/01/2010 12:54
Tuesday, September 7th is "Hell with the Bell Day".
Back to school?
Hi Hilary.
No, actually it is about not going back to school. Groups of retired teachers in my area (don't know that it happens across ON and elsewhere) get together for breakfast on the first day of school and celebrate the fact that we don't have to go to work - no more bells to dictate our lives!
That will be great! I hope they are still doing it in 20-25 years when I retire from teaching (although I'd like to suggest lunch instead...why get up early for breakfast if I'm retired?)
alta
redbaron338 wrote: alta
Posted on: 09/01/2010 13:15
***starting to day dream about snowmobiling***
AAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!
LOL!
Not a big a fan?
gecko46
consumingfire wrote: gecko46
Posted on: 09/01/2010 15:33
Tuesday, September 7th is "Hell with the Bell Day".
Back to school?
Hi Hilary.
No, actually it is about not going back to school. Groups of retired teachers in my area (don't know that it happens across ON and elsewhere) get together for breakfast on the first day of school and celebrate the fact that we don't have to go to work - no more bells to dictate our lives!
Yeah. Except many of those "retired" teachers end up being on the supply list and keep me out of a job.
Apologies for that cf, wish it weren't so and that talented people like yourself could find jobs. I supply taught for 6 months after retirement...that was enough.
InannaWhimsey
The sporadic cheering of
Posted on: 09/01/2010 15:50
The sporadic cheering of parents become more and more frequent until, just before that special day, there is one large worldwide cheer...
Followed by a contented humming...
Other signs:
The Leaf Replacement Firm speeds up its haphazard job in adding those special hues to certain leaves.
Your coworkers start changing their complaints from the unrelenting sun and heat to wet and cold.
The rate of radioactive decay in some elements starts to change again.
You start dreaming of Saturn & Demeter more often.
somegirl
Still a heat wave here. Been
Posted on: 09/01/2010 15:56
Still a heat wave here. Been breaking records since Monday. I guess Danielle and Earl are pulling tropical air up from the Gulf of Mexico. Some schools may be cancelled tomorrow because of heat. Who ever heard or such a thing? They pulled lifeguards back in for the more popular beaches.
Tyson
gecko46 wrote: consumingfire
Posted on: 09/01/2010 16:09
Tuesday, September 7th is "Hell with the Bell Day".
Back to school?
Hi Hilary.
No, actually it is about not going back to school. Groups of retired teachers in my area (don't know that it happens across ON and elsewhere) get together for breakfast on the first day of school and celebrate the fact that we don't have to go to work - no more bells to dictate our lives!
Yeah. Except many of those "retired" teachers end up being on the supply list and keep me out of a job.
Apologies for that cf, wish it weren't so and that talented people like yourself could find jobs. I supply taught for 6 months after retirement...that was enough.
Ahhhh, no worries gecko. I have a job interview on the 14th with Mad Science. It is an organization that does science programs in schools to get kids pumped about science. I figure in the meantime I can still crank out the resumes to the local school boards. If nothing happens in this school year, I will start looking more into northern part of Ontario. My wife gave me the go ahead.
Katschen
Signs that summer are over=
Posted on: 09/01/2010 17:10
Signs that summer are over= the monkies have started rehearsing for their upcoming Octoberfest gigs (they play as the Polka Monkies). It's all fairly tuneless now, but I have no doubt things will improve shortly.....
gecko46
People start dreaming of the
Posted on: 09/01/2010 17:18
People start dreaming of the Leafs and a Stanley Cup.....
redbaron338
(Is that someone in the
Posted on: 09/01/2010 17:29
(Is that someone in the background humming 'The Impossible Dream' I hear?)
pommum
Saw a big yellow school bus
Posted on: 09/01/2010 17:32
Saw a big yellow school bus today!
puppypaws
The fact that I have to
Posted on: 09/02/2010 09:28
The fact that I have to spend all today packing up my stuff and that I leave for college tomorrow!
Where did summer go again?
Oh and it has been a heatwave here since Sunday. I feel like I'm suffocating!!!!
Birthstone
CF - teaching, so with
Posted on: 09/02/2010 13:44
CF - teaching, so with summers off, in N. Ontario .......mmmmmm trees, lakes....mmmmm...canoes, fresh air.... sounds blissful!
still summer here!
somegirl
I work next to the school bus
Posted on: 09/02/2010 16:15
I work next to the school bus depot(?) and we had gotten used to the lot being full all through the summer. It was weird to look out at 3 and having it be almost empty.
Still summer here too. I offered to let my son sleep in the livingroom where we have A/C if his room is too hot tonight.
Birthstone
that reminds me - I was going
Posted on: 09/02/2010 16:23
that reminds me - I was going to let the boys (my son & his friend) camp out tonight.
And corn on the cob for supper! yup - still summer
Hilary
frost on the grass in the
Posted on: 09/02/2010 17:18
frost on the grass in the morning - not summer here!
Birthstone
gah!! you need to move :)
Posted on: 09/02/2010 17:35
gah!! you need to move :)
alta
Now that I've actually been
Posted on: 09/02/2010 17:57
Now that I've actually been looking around:
- Seen a few flocks of geese heading south
- Harvest has started in this part if Alberta
-More NHL in the news
-CFL games starting to take more urgency
-Toronto Argonauts and their fans looking forward to next year
-Toronto Blus Jays and their fans looking forward to next year
-Toronto Maple Leafs and their fans looking forward to next year
crazyheart
felt like snow today.
Posted on: 09/02/2010 17:59
felt like snow today. brrrrrrr
MorningCalm
My step-son is back. He
Posted on: 09/03/2010 22:03
My step-son is back.
He returned from Korea.
Soon he'll re-start school.
Tiger Lily
My neighbourhood swimming
Posted on: 09/03/2010 23:01
My neighbourhood swimming pool closes on Monday
A friend of mine is busy getting ready for the first day of school - (teacher) - and I'm cutting out name tags for all of the children in that grade.
Birthstone
I almost posted yesterday to
Posted on: 09/05/2010 07:57
I almost posted yesterday to say that it was so cool, it felt like October. But apparently we're back to summer weather in a day or 2. I can wait. Of course the kids are back to school then. Hmmm. I'll have to consider the balance of evidence.