You know that summer really IS over when...

[noonblueapples]

When it takes a few minutes for my knees to thaw out and start working again after the ride to work

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

When this thread gets bumped. Has this joke been made yet?

 

[Ephraim Tutt]

Summer over??

Not when you live Down Under! We've just entered spring.

 

[jayem]

*Wearing strappy sandals or even flip flops looks asinine.
*The sky is pitch black driving to work at 5.45 AM.
*The lawn is one giant mess of orange, red, and brown leaves.
*It's okay to wear that faux fur lined jacket.
*It stops being too cold in the class rooms and starts becoming too hot.

That last one reminds me of being in high school. My HS was built around 1917 and not much had been changed since then. We didn't have central heating (or air for that matter... no window units either), just radiators. In the beginning of the school year, everyone would fight for the seats in the back of the room (nearest to the radiators) and at the end of the school year, everyone would also fight for the seats at front. After freshman year, you knew to take your hard classes in the beginning of the year (sit in the back = not have to answer questions) and your easy classes at the end of the year.

Oh, and...

*You wake up happy.
(I hate summer.)

 

[BellyTank]

Cold hands on the bike this morning...


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[Spitfire]

When the morning air is so crisp, that you really start wondering when you'll recieve that new Irvin jacket you ordered from Aero.

 

[LizzieMaine]

When I have to take down the "It's COOL Inside!" sign at work because it's become more of a liability than an asset.

When I swap my evening bowl of Grape Nuts Flakes for a hot bowl of oatmeal.

When I notice they have all the Christmas prints out on the fabric tables.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

When I swap my evening bowl of Grape Nuts Flakes for a hot bowl of oatmeal.

The old fashioned style that takes time none of the instant stuff with a touch of vanilla and topped with walnuts.

 

[sixsexsix]

Cold hands on the bike this morning...


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this.

 

[Aureliano]

When I go down to take NYC subway and don't find myself sweating like a pig.

 

[Cricket]

When I exchange the linen scented candle for a pumpkin scent. Then of course I naturally get hungry.

 

[MsStabby]

When I make applesauce with the apples from my backyard tree, and a dash of vanilla and cinnamon.

 

[chanteuseCarey]

when the weather is consistently cool enough to warrant getting the vintage furs out of cold storage so I can wear them again.

 

[Slim Portly]

When I start my day thinking, "What would look good under this overcoat?" I'm afraid that, at least in Las Vegas, that day is still quite far off.

 

[Tomasso]

When:

Football season kicks off
Halloween trick or treaters come knockin'
Switch to daylight savings time
Harbors close
Tweed/flannel/felt replaces linen/cotton/straw

 

[Inusuit]

Duck season starts.

 

[K.D. Lightner]

This particular summer in Iowa was cool, and August was a record cool. Being a light jacket person, I loved it, but think the swim crowd was a but bummed out by it.

I noticed in late August, that some of the trees were beginning to turn. Now, there are quite a few of them, flecks of gold and red among the green.

Pretty, but summer was over the minute I saw the colors.

karol

 

[K.D. Lightner]

Oh, yes, and I forgot -- summer is over when restaurants stop putting the air conditioner on so low that you feel like you walked in to a meat freezer.

karol

 

[Story]

Locust-like buzzing of the high-wing Piper banner tow-planes disappears from the skies and the open-pipe rumble of Harleys disappears from the roads.

 

[MsStabby]

When I see my breath during the dogs' last trip out for the night.