Anything about Everything

There is a very bold line between my friends when it comes to seasonal changes. There are some who are dreading the coming season, while others cannot wait to for it. I am on the cannot wait for it side - as the summer is never a time I feel I can function at my best. I've seen so many negative posts on social media, taking digs at people who love this time of year. Here's the deal homies - everyone is entitled to their opinion. If you're one of those people who is taking digs at people on social media, you're ultimately shaming people for what they like. If you don't like the change, or are wishing for summer to stick around a little longer, then embrace your feelings. But making others feel like their opinion is wrong - is wrong.  For a very pale, borderline allergic to the sun girl - the summer time can often turn me into a hermit. Unless its sunrise or sunset, I can't do much outside. For the first time in my life I managed to contract heat stroke twice...

Day 5 of 30 Seasons.  Sometimes they change every few months, sometimes (in life) it happens in a matter of weeks.  This is about a favorite season, so I'll stick to the basics.  Favorite season for Gramma Gato?  Fall. Hands down.  I wish it was fall every day, with minimal rain and a constantly beautiful landscape. A big bonus to living in New England is the ability to leaf peep during peak leaf peeping time, and not go too far to do so. There are your rather "basic" fall activities like apple picking, pumpkin carving, plaid/flannel attire, and early fall fires with friends. Fall was always a very busy season for my family. Between 2003 and 2009, they were FILLED with marching band commitments and sports. We spent many nights on the football field, in a chilly dew, putting finishing touches on the marching show for the upcoming competition. We were sitting in the stands during football games trying to amp up the crowd (sometimes succeeding....