today we talked about seasons in my class. many of the students come from countries that are warmer than sweden, and it was interesting to hear their opinions about our climat. we "decided" that winter in sweden is: half of october, november, december, january, february and march. spring is april, may and june. summer is july and hopefully big parts of august. and autumn is hopefully as little of august as possible, september and half of october.

we also talked about what there is to like about the different seasons, and strangely enough noone had anything nice at all to say about autumn...

the season-talk was only a small part of today's class, and i forgot about it until i resently went for a dog walk in the dark and wet autumn weather. while preparing for the walk with boots and rain coat i started thinking if there's really nothing about this season to like, and i decided that there isn't. but when i had walked for a little while i realised that there are a few things about autumn to like, after all. so i'm going to make a list, to read at times when i'm not so positive (those times will come, i'm sure).

things to like about autumn:
* bright colours everywhere you look
* funny sounds when the horses run around in the mud
* lots of birds everywhere, discussing where to go during the winter holidays
* i can wear my big, cosy slippers that are too warm to use during the summer
* it's possible to watch the sunrise without having to either stay up late or get up veeeery early
* i can drink tea from a big cup in the sofa, wathing tv (this is actually not as easy and cosy as it sounds, as i'm having some difficulties sitting, and haven't yet figured out how to drink tea while lying down...)

that's all i can come up with... but it's better than nothing :)  ¶ 7:27 PM