Friday Five

spikesgirl58 asked:

With the start of Autumn just a few days away in this hemisphere and Spring about to start in the other –

1. Do you have the urge to do a Fall/Spring cleaning as soon as the weather turns?

No for Fall, but yes for Spring. Opening up the windows after winter lets in a freshness that makes the rest of the house feel stale. I'm not a very good deep cleaner (fortunately I can hire someone for that) but I love to organize and dust.

2. What tells you that the season (a certain smell, a certain taste, that sort of thing) has changed?

It used to be the weather, but lately the weather at season-change-time has been very ... unseasonable. Now, amusingly, it's often the changing of the meme on Tumblr or Twitter that gets me excited about a season change.

3. What do you look forward to the most with the change of seasons?

The feeling of newness, and of motion. Things aren't staying the same.

4. What is something that you probably should accomplish but won’t this season?

Normally I'd have a firm answer for that, but this time, I'm feeling optimistic that expectation and reality will be in sync. Either I'll get things done or I'll acknowledge why not and adjust.

5. What is the most enjoyable part of the oncoming season for you?

The weather and the outdoor activities. For the most part I'm an air-conditioned-environment kind of gal, but in this area in the fall, it's a great time to be out.