Every Cloud

I really don't like this time of year.  I know many people think autumn is the best season of the year, but for me it's just the harbinger of cold, wet, grey miserable weather, dark mornings and even darker evenings, frost, snow, fog, damp and decay in the garden and - worst of all - the demise of the car boot season.  I find absolutely no pleasure in having to wear socks and shoes again, to have to put on a hat, scarf, gloves, coat etc just to pop to the high street and I certainly find no pleasure at all when it's dark at 4.00 pm and remains so until 8.00 am the following morning.  No, really, I fail to see the pleasure in autumn or winter at all.  (And I'm not even going to mention the fast-approaching festering season - I've already spotted Christmas cards, Christmas puddings and tins of Quality Street for sale in the shops and it's only just autumn for goodness sake!)

Still, as the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining and for me the fast-encroaching colder weather will be ever so slightly enlivened this year by being able to wear the Icelandic cardi P very generously bought me as a birthday present when we were in Reykjavik in June.

 
On a couple of recent cooler days I have thought about wearing it but, nah, it's still too mild for that.  This cardi is stupendously warm and cosy and might even mean I can get away without having to buy a new coat this winter (my old coat is now ridiculously too large on me) if we don't have really fierce weather.  I may even take to wearing it about the house if it means we can keep the central heating off for longer.  Seriously, don't get me started on the 'joys' of having to put the heating on and the scandalous cost of gas and electricity these days as that's just a whole other subject I could whinge and moan about. 

Comments

[Loo xx]

Hi Elizabeth, I'm totally with you on autumn/winter. I hate the cold, wearing coats and the dark mornings and evenings with a passion. As for Xmas, I'm a real bah humbug person. My only silver lining is that I get to wear my Fly boots at this time of year which I love and adore.
The motto in our house with regard to the central heating is "Not until November"!

[Vix]

I'm totally with you, I absolutely hate the colder weather, dark evenings, the need to wear coats and gloves, the lack of car boots and the end of music festivals and sitting in the pub beer garden.
My only cheer is booking a holiday and disappearing to the beach for a few weeks.
Love the jumper. x

[kathleen]

BEAUTIFUL sweater! One like that would slmost definitely be all that's needed to get through the winter here.

I'm in south Texas in the US, and until a couple of weeks ago, we were well over 100 degrees F (40 C) EVERY day. We now have cooled off to the mid 90s. We are having a severe drought, so unrelenting sun all summer too.

My idea of heaven is flipping a switch and having exactly the climate of choice at the moment you wish for it. :)

[Lakota [Faith Hope and Charity Shopping]]

See now I like Autumn, but I'm actively waiting for the mornings to get colder, there's something I want to wear too. My fake fur coat is desperate for an outing!

Great jumper, I'm still jealous you got to go to Iceland.

[Carol]

Georgeous sweater! We have similar taste. : )
Fall is my favorite season, I do not care for heat and humidity, much preferring cooler, brisk temps, a nice pot of tea after dinner. Better for sleeping, too,and no need for A/C-we only have window units and only use them when the interior of the home hits 80 degrees F. We're holding off on heating as long as possible-neighbors recently had their's on when temps dipped into the 30's. We just wore sweaters. : )

[Caroline]

Couldn't agree more - went to a car boot in the dark and pouring rain this morning - horrible. And don't get me started on the cold weather - I'm still waiting for the summer to start properly - it never seemed to get going down here!