Hey lovelies,
I 1st posted this post on 15th November 2016 & I wanted to re-post because things have changed for me since I 1st posted it.
We all love a certain season, they all have their own beauty & contain their own importance for the cycle of EVERYTHING!
Each season has its own benefits for the things we do & the way we feel, not to mention, the way we eat!
Spring is –
Beautiful flowers…..
The smell of spring, for me, is a fresh & clean aroma, a calming aroma. I love it when the weather is cold enough to make your breath be seen but dry enough to be able to sit outside all wrapped up in the sun just soaking up the sights & smells of spring with the sun out.
The sunset has a special place for each season but even more so when it’s early enough to enjoy it.
Taken where I used to live…..
I love Easter in Spring & my birthday is in Spring (April), 2 amazing reasons alone to love this season – chocolate & ME!
More importantly than all of these things…Spring is the time of year when Jesus sacrificed Himself on a cross for me, for you…for all of us, begging our Father to forgive those who were persecuting Him while He hung there dying & then He conquered death by being resurrected.
Summer is –
Amazing tree blossom (taken on our beautiful uni campus)…..
For me it’s a time for BBQs & picnics, although, we didn’t do much of either over 2023
The air is full of the hope of hot weather. A chance to catch up in the sunshine, having a good old-time right through the evening, enjoying the long warm nights that summer brings us (most of the time).
The smell of summer for me is the cooking of BBQ food & the smell of coconut fragranced sun cream It’s a time for smiling faces, hope for the long months ahead. Enjoying peoples company, we tend to socialise more when the weather is warmer.
Autumn is –
Amazing colours everywhere you look (taken during Blogtober)…..
Halloween – Blogtober ~ Halloween Fun. I thought about deleting that post off this but I decided not to, I don’t know why because I don’t do anything to celebrate halloween anymore.
Bonfire night with fireworks, we used to throw a fireworks party for bonfire night with home cooked stew, soup & the occasional attempt at bonfire toffee. We occasionally went to our local uni campus to enjoy fireworks night but we both miss the fireworks parties we used to throw & said that we want to do one next year (2024)…..
The fair comes to town during Autumn, I love the atmosphere of the fair. I do still agree with this statement but just for clarity, we haven’t been to Loughborough fair since 2019.
The air in Autumn smells so amazing, full of stew & casseroles cooking & the smell of home cooked Sunday lunches on my way home from church. Gorgeous spices, it’s almost romantic. I feel glorious most of the time in Autumn & my surroundings constantly make me smile, I love the changing leaves on the trees…..
…..it’s God decorating with the seasons changes. I also love to watch the way the leaves dance in the wind.
The above are photos I took of a tree I used to see every day on my way to work. During Blogtober 2016 I took a pic of it every Monday to show how much it changes in just a month! It really surprised me to see how the leaves go from mostly green to hardly any left on the tree in just a month!
We have Richards birthday in Autumn (November) & the majority of the festive season is in Autumn, I love the run up to christmas.
Have you started your christmas shopping yet OR have any of you done???
Winter is –
CHRISTMAS!!! – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Was one of the earliest posts I put up on my blog.
Oh, how I love Christmas, it’s one of my favourite times of the year, I love everything about it & even though we don’t have the amount of money we’d like to have at Christmas so that we could afford to spoil our family & friends, I still love it.
Christmas smells get me so excited, I love the smell of christmas pudding heating up, the smell of christmas lunch cooking, the smell of christmas cake & everything seems to smell of cinnamon at christmas, which is a yes please for me, I love the it!
One thing that REALLY helps us out at Christmas is Tescos Christmas savings, the fact that we can opt out of having our Tesco vouchers as we earn them pays for our christmas lunch, plus party snacks & drinks.
If you shop at Tesco &/or Morrisons but don’t use the Christmas club or buy their saving stamps, WHY NOT? It would help you out so much at Christmas!
I do love a carol service at Christmas too, I didn’t go to last years in our church but I’m on the door for this years & I can’t wait to enjoy the atmosphere.
In an ideal world, Winter, more importantly…Christmas would look like this…..
…..but, we don’t have that very often (which, in my opinion, is a shame).
Most important reason for the season is the birth of Jesus Christ, born into such lowly circumstances…yet, was King from His first breathe, He is after all Lord of all & our saviour. Christmas has a whole different meaning for me now, I no longer worry about sending christmas cards & don’t dwell as much as I used to about gifts. Advent, for me, is a time of excitement, fun & enjoying the season, I love the services in our church around Christmas & advent.
Winter also sees the start of a new year, which bring new hopes & dreams for the year ahead, we’re always full of new year hope for the future, do you make new years resolutions? I used to EVERY YEAR but I don’t anymore, I wasn’t always very good at sticking to them. Although, January 2016, I did do a Whole30 which wasn’t as hard as I was expecting!
I love it on the days when the sun is shining bright but the air is so cold, it takes my breathe away, I can see my own breathe & it smells like snow.
We also have Valentines day in Winter – I really don’t know why we put so much focus on showering our other halves with love on this day when we’re with them most of the time but most of us fall in to the trap that is Valentines Day & fall for the consumerism hype. In my humble opinion, there is no better gift than the love of the person you love the most in this world, good food & something sweet to eat.
I do love all the seasons for different reasons but I have to say that my 2 favourite seasons are Autumn & Winter & I’d find it hard to choose between the 2, each one has its own appeal for me! – This statement isn’t true anymore, I do love Autumn the most, it feels like a huge warm hug to me…I know it sounds strange considering the majority of the weather temps & conditions but it just does! I have things I love equally about the remaining three seasons.
The years seem to fly by these days & if you’re not careful, you’re likely to miss the changes! I love to be outdoors & spending time in the seasons, most of the time I don’t even mind it raining! I remember late last year (2015) being outside with an old friend, so she could have a ciggie & it was raining, we had a gazebo up outside our back door so the smokers wouldn’t get wet! For some reason I decided to just take my coat off & start dancing in the rain & you know what, I loved it, I got soaked but I loved it! Hehe.
I asked Richard what he would like from each season & this was his answer…..
Winter – Snow
Autumn – Snow
Spring – Snow
Summer – Sun
I don’t know why I expected anything different, if he had his way, we’d be moving to Canada!
What do you like about the different seasons & do you have a favourite???
Bye for now.
Love Sarah Sx
♥
Sarah 