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It's when we can turn off the air conditioner and cover it because we're sure we won't need it again until next year.

Which means in MO that two days later we uncover it... 🙄

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This is a dangerous game. You're just tempting the high temperatures to come back.

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Yes, the trick is that you’ve gotta really embrace the layers so you don’t overheat + welcome the possibility of heartbreak on the hot days.

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Like putting away the snowblower in the spring!

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So much this in but in Northwest Arkansas!

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I'm in SW MO, so we're almost neighbors.

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Me too!!

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Omg get out, randomly meeting all my neighbors on Substack 😂

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Right? Who knew so many of us in SW MO or NW AR?

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Oh, heck yeah! Reaching across Pineville to give you a high five!

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Sep 5, 2022·edited Sep 5, 2022

Having worked at a community college for 28 years, Fall began when Fall semester began, near the end of August. Everything was more immediate, many more staff, faculty and students were around, more meetings, more work. I enjoyed that.

I still miss the signs of Fall when my kids were growing up: the end of softball and baseball games, nobody being interested in the pool, marching band practice, Homecoming.

Don't miss: my kids leaving once again for college after being home for a couple of months.

But the sure sign of Fall for me is when I no longer wear shorts or skirts with bare legs. Which just means one thing: no more religious shaving of legs!

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Just the cooler weather - and this year it isn't getting much cooler yet. But I have a different question. Don't your kids grow over the summer? So, does Betsy get new clothes and the others get the hand me downs? Are Waffle's clothes too small and get donated?

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Everything gets passed down and rotated. There's a whole system. Kids get upset about losing their clothes to the next sibling down. There is much drama.

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Here in Az., because the weather doesn't change, the start of fall is triggered by the metal storage containers at Walmart signifying Christmas is almost here, so fall must be here too, right? Sad but true

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Our Targets already have 4 or 5 outside of every store!

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I know it is fall when I start drinking Octoberfest beers.

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Here in Maine it’s pumpkin ale with a sugar cinnamon rim.

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Unfortunately I was never into pumpkin flavored things.

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This.

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I like cold weather and tolerate it better than most. (I can go sock-less until it snows at least

an inch!😜) So for me it would be the leaves falling. My favorite part of the year!

My family used to go to Brown County in the fall and we had a wonderful time.

It’s so pretty and the nice crisp air…ahhhhhh.🍁🍂

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Brown County, I have a good idea of where you live. My late husband grew up in Valpo and after we met we loved to go to Brown County and also to the Covered Bridge Festival in Parke County. After we moved to So Calif I had to bribe my husband to go to his high school reunions. I would make reservations at Turkey Run for after the reunion and we always had a lovely time.

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Summer is officially over when school starts. It could be 90 degrees, but a regular schedule starts up and the relaxed days of summer are history.

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Sep 5, 2022·edited Sep 5, 2022

After thinking about it for a moment, I guess to me I believe that fall is here when I can step outside my back door early in the morning and I almost reflexively take in one of the deepest breaths that I am ever able to take because of the refreshing coolness of the early morning air. That's when I believe that we have reached the fall season

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For me it is autumn when I have to swap my thinner coat for my thicker coat. It is never really warm where I live (Isle of Man)

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I live in England, UK. Our kids take their summer break from the middle of July until the first week of September, so for us summer is over when the kids go back to school!

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It's that moment when I step outside and the air is soft and cool. When there is a little give from the oppressive summer heat.

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Summer is over when the pool gets too cold for swimming. Sometimes it's because the night temps drop below 60, and other years it's because it starts raining all day every day.

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Sep 5, 2022·edited Sep 5, 2022

When my house shifts its weight, and the kitchen door sticks.

I can't wait to move to Hawai'i.

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For me the day summer ends is the Tuesday after Labor Day. You see, I live near the Atlantic ocean. Just a few blocks away, and dogs are not allowed on the beach from the weekend before Memorial Day, to the Tuesday after Labor Day. So the Tuesday after Labor Day we go back to taking our morning walk on the beach. Other than that we can only walk on the beach when it rains and even the life guards go inside. We have also been inside a lot this year due to the heat, and having a fluffy boy like Neelix means avoiding the heat.

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For me it’s the end of hurricane season.

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Growing up in NY, it was when school started, the start of apple picking season and the changing of the leaves from green to gorgeous orange, red and yellows. Now that we've moved to Florida, there is NO fall. It is hot until it's not for 2 weeks in December. I forget what month it is on a regular basis, and have to go based on my kids being in school, but even then I sometimes forget how long they've been in school so far. It's quite a problem! The fact that halloween/pumpkin spice season starts so early to adjust for Christmas decorations starting sooner doesn't help. I NEVER know what season or month we are in!

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