Blogtober Day 24: Fall Activities and Trends I Dislike

As I mentioned in an earlier post, autumn is my favorite time of year. However, no season is perfect, not even my favorite one. While I like fall itself, there are some trends and traditions during fall that I just don't like. Some I find boring. Some don't fit my tastes and some I just don't like and I don't really have (or feel the inclination to give) a reason for why I dislike them. With that said, let's discuss some fall things I don't like.

Apple and Pumpkin Picking

I have nothing against apples. I like apples. I have nothing against pumpkins. They make excellent pies. Here's the thing though apple picking, going to the pumpkin patch, wandering through the fields trying to decide which one to pick. It's boring. I know some people really like it, but I don't.

Pumpkin Spiced Everything

This will probably upset a lot of people, but I don't like pumpkin spiced things. Pumpkin spiced lattes aren't actually that great. There are so many, other, better coffee drinks out there. A group of people decided they were really into the Starbucks Pumpkin Spiced Latte and all of a sudden, everyone else should be too. Because its not just lattes anymore. Pumpkin spiced donuts, pumpkin spiced cereal. Pumpkin spiced ice cream. Pumpkin spiced pudding. Can we please stop with the pumpkin spiced madness? Please?

Hayrides

I have really bad allergies. Needless to say, I don't have a ton of fun on hayrides because I spend a lot of time sneezing. Even if I wasn't sneezing all of the time on hayrides, they kind of have no point? You just ride around in this cart? If you're lucky, the ride takes you to a corn maze or something. Otherwise, you just go from one side of a field to another. I have friends who love hayrides and I just don't understand them.

Those are the three things about fall that I don't like. There are a few others, but they're a little nitpicky and I didn't want to write a completely negative post where I mention every little thing or trend I don't like.

What are your favorite fall activities?

Blogtober Day 17: My Autumn Feelings

Autumn is an interesting time of year. It's finally not super hot, or unbelievably humid. At the same time, it's also not unbearably cold and I don't need to put on three layers just to walk from my house to my car. I know some of you may be reading this thinking "oh, so autumn is in between summer and winter weather-wise? Who would've known?" sarcastically. I know how dumb that sounds, but I feel like the weather is a good analogy to discuss autumn as a whole and how weirdly fluid it feels. Being in between summer and winter, it kind of fluctuates wildly.

Parts of autumn, specific days even, are beautiful and have more of a spring feeling than an autumnal one. Other days are rainy and remind us that winter is coming. This variability also comes into play given the different holidays in autumn. Halloween is pretty much its own season at this point, whereas Thanksgiving doesn't, but most people view as being Christmas-adjacent, an honorary winter holiday, even though November is, in fact, a fall month.

Now that I've gone into more depth than needed about why I say fall is a weird time of year, let me explain why its my favorite season. First of all, autumn is a beautiful season. The leaves change colors. The skies aren't always clear and blue, but they also aren't always that grey tone they seem to be in winter. The weather is perfect, since it's cool without being too cold. Fall is also when some of my favorite seasonal goodies are released. Caramel apples, pumpkin pie, apple strudel, and salted caramel everything. Fall is a great time of the year for food.

Fall is the time of year where I feel happiest. Some of that is due to happy memories I have of trick or treating and pumpkin carving. The rest is just that I really like the season as a whole. It's where I feel the most at home, if that makes sense.

So, I love fall. What's your opinion on the season?