With gales blowing outside, and the local river overflowing its banks, I felt it was a good time to reblog this 2012 post about my favourite months. Only one reader left a like and comment at the time, so it should be new to most of you.
Tomorrow is the first of September, and I always look forward to its arrival. It heralds the end of the summer, and the start of autumn, and is one of my two favourite months, the other being March. This is mainly because March is the month of my birthday, and because it is the end of the winter. I have always enjoyed my birthday. It is personal, unlike Christmas, which is for everyone.
I have always felt that March was a good time to celebrate a birthday. The weather can be surprisingly good sometimes, so it is possible to plan a nice day out, to celebrate. It is far enough away from December, so not caught up in the festive hangover, and equally unaffected by the summer rush for outdoor activities. In England, most places of interest or traditional seaside tourist spots are still closed up, awaiting the season.
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beetleypete 
I enjoyed reading your perspective. March here in New England is the ugly old remnants of snow and weeks of mud (I’m not looking forward to next month.). Everyone is sick of the long winter. September is glorious with perfect weather and stunning foliage. I wish I could ‘like’ or comment on your original post, but WP won’t let me do it unless I change my browser. Please know that I do read everything! Best to you, Pete.
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Thanks, Jennie. March can be grim here too, sometimes. But I like it because of my birthday. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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That’s a good reason to like it! 😀
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Great post and interesting thoughts too 🙂 As for myself, I prefer the Spring and Summer months 🙂 Anyway, keep up the great work as always 🙂
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It can be very humid in England in July and August, and there are also a great many excitable children everywhere. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I will join you in appreciating September but March is the height of hayfever season and I am not a fan.
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I only really like March because of my birthday, Abbi. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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(1) My favorite month is October, as the sun finally begins to give us desert folk a break from the intense heat.
(2) I don’t beware the Ides of March because by that time the sun has finally decided to stick around a while, allowing us desert hikers to get in a full day of tiptoeing through the cactus.
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Julius didn’t know about Nevada of course. I have a feeling he would have enjoyed the casinos. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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As a child, I loved October and June. October, because of the holidays coming up and growing up in New England, walking through and jumping in big piles of leaves, smelling apples and the smoke from people’s fireplaces. June, because it was warm, yet not overly so, the flowers were out, and school was almost over. Now living in AL things are a bit different weather-wise, but I still have a fondness for those two months.
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October can be nice here too. Sometimes we have a second ‘late summer’ in October. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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September is my favorite too for all the reasons you mention, plus it’s my birthday month! Not so sure about March. Even though it heralds spring I still think of it as gray and gloomy. Our favorite travel times have always been May and September so maybe May is my second favorite, though each month has something to offer. 🙂
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March is only really important to me because of my birthday, Susanne. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I guess that would do it! 🙂
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I like September best too, not so bothered about March though.
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But March is special because of my Birthday! 🙂
(That’s the only reason I like it though.)
Best wishes, Pete.
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A good reason, and in my mind the only possible. 😉 Why dont you love summer? Michael
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Too many children everywhere, Michael. And it is sometimes very humid and uncomfortable here too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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September was always my holiday month
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My first wife had to go back to her teaching job every September, so we always holidayed in August, the worst time. Once we had split up, I changed to September, and have gone away in that month ever since.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes, a much better and less busy time
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March is still too cold for me. I prefer June – the start of the festival season and warm weather.
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I might not be so fond of March if my birthday wasn’t in that month, Stevie. Last June, I think it rained every single day in Beetley, after that hot spell in May.
Best wishes, Pet.
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I think of festivals, the beach, and cycling along the Island’s disused railways. Happy days.
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I think your chosen months are an interesting pair and understandable. Fall is most people’s favorite season. September in England I imagine is quiet and lovely. March is iffy, like it can’t decide what season it’s in. One day snowing, the next rain, the next a sunny day that coaxes one outside. Being on an academic calendar, in the US, our summer break begins earlier than UK schools. June is my favorite. My least favorite month is August. Too hot. Back to work. No more traveling. It is a long, hot month. I feel like the hard part of the year is over when September rolls around.
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August is one of my least favourite months too. Kids everywhere, humid heat, and still five weeks to go until September. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete. x
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