[inglor]

For some folks its Christmas, some Yom Kippur, others, some other holiday.

For me its the next two weeks, The National Inglor Biweek. It started yesterday. Auburn moved to a tie for No. 2 in the country in Football, and this upcoming Saturday we play Alabama in the one of the worst/biggest/best rivalries known to man. For Auburn, it has National Championship implications. For Alabama, they can spoil our season and turn a mediocre season into a good one. All week, the papers, radio talk shows and TV will be filled with talk about this game. The whole state is divided in two; divorces and conceptions have resulted from this game. Its the Superbowl, Mardi Gras and New Year's, all rolled into one. On Saturday, tens of thousands will flock to Tuscaloosa, just to be there. An entire season can be made or broken on this one game. It means 364 days of triumph or 364 days of ridicule. Its probably not healthy but it sure is fun.

Its also opening day of deer season in Alabama. I will have a valid excuse to go in the woods and have nothing to do but listen to the wind and watch the leaves fall.

The next week, its my birthday, my dad's birthday and to top it all off, its Thanksgiving, the one day you are supposed to eat until you can't move.

Just had to share,
Inglor

[SilverMoonLady]

Happy November, my dear!
Nothing wrong with being so very pleased, and I very much envy you an excuse to sit in the woods for a day at a time:) The hunting excuse is too far ooc for me to use...

[Hathor]

I absolutely adore May. The sun starts to shine (but it doesn't burn pale redheaded me), the birds sing, little baby ducks swim in the duckpond on my way to the bus, it's not long until the summer break, etc, etc.

Unfortunately, it's been tainted of recent years by the fact I have to start studying for exams...

Inglor, your month sounds much more fun. Have a great November!

[Aerin]

Have a fabulous time Inglor!

[SpaceWeavil]

My favourite time of year is sort of September through to November (used to like Christmas as well, but since my family seem to have disowned me, looks like I'll be spending that alone this year. Oh well. ) But I love the autumn weather, just before it gets seriously cold here.

I used to like watching the firework displays in Alexandra Park and Finsbury Park from my window on Bonfire Night, but the ones in Glasgow aren't as good as the ones in London. Plus it always used to feel like a bargain, being able to watch a display from home, when it cost £15 to go to it in person.

Happy November Inglor!

[Yavanie]

Hands down Autumn for me. I love the cool fall weather (okay it's rare in Houston, but we can drive inland and experience it). I love the turning of leaves, fires in the fireplace (roasting marshamallows), the Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family and favorite foods (pumpkin pie for breakfast). My husband and I were married in October and spent our honeymoon camping in the Texas hill country, chilly nights, warm days and stars so bright you can imagine Tolkien's first age of stars in the sky and even pretend the occaisional statelite is really Earendil, LOL. I sunburn so easily that I really don't like summer. I love sweaters and the fall I can start wearing them. It's the lead up to Christmas which is so hustle and bustle you almost don't get to enjoy it. Anyway, Inglor: happy birthday and happy hunting. VEnison makes better chili than beef!

[Thuriniel]

Happy birthday happy hunting and happy thanksgiving Inglor!

My favorite time of the year? June hands down ... I get to go to Spain !

If I must choose a season, though, I would have a hard time choosing between Spring and Fall. I like the "in-betweens".

Yavanie ... venison chili? Intringuing. Ideas of Mexican MarySues lost in Mirkwood are popping in my head!

PS: Do they even eat chili in Mexico, or is it a Northamerican invention?

PSS: Definitely going off topic ... I'll leave now !

[Yavanie]

THuriniel,

Don't quote me, but I believe chili is a sort of cowboy/caballero campfire concoction. You will finda as many "rules" for making it as there are recipes (i.e. beans or no beans, tomatoes or no tomatoes). I personally prefer the tradition that uses hand chopped (not ground) meat, and preferably wild not cornfed venison. Cooked all day with spices like chile pepper and native juniper berry (cedar). Then it is served over beans that have been cooked separately. Best served with cornbread and lots of beer, preferably on a fall day by a campfire. Anyway there are quicker versions, this just happens to be my favorite. Will use beef and a crockpot in liue of the campfire.

(FYI - caballeros are Mexican cowboys).

[Thuriniel]

[Yavanie]

I get my info from the local rodeo (not small town, it's the richest rodeo in the world). They call the mexican cowboys caballeros (although that might really be the ranchers that own the livestock and the land). I'll see if I can track down someone who would really know - and I don't think the guys working construction around here would know anything about cowboys, even if they are mexican!!!!

[Rous]

I like fall. The cooler weather and the leaves changing colours. I also must be careful in the summer. What is it about redheads? Anyway, I love the smell of woodsmoke from the furnace and the crackle of the wood.

Happy Birthday, Inglor. And Thanksgiving, everyone. A good, safe holiday. No heavy drinking, and no presents to buy!

And about the chili. I now have a Mexican son-in-law, and I have decided that he will just have to do what the rest of the kids do. Eat what I fix, no matter what I call it. I do not run a restaurante. But he is good about my cooking. Actually, you will find more of the Mexicans in our neck of the woods at the Chinese joints than the Mexican ones. Go figure.

[Sorcia]

Thuriniel wrote:"... venison chili? Intringuing. "

Just had some over the weekend...great stuff

To get back on topic, here I would say that I enjoy late spring-so many various shades of green and I love getting the flower bed organzied. Then I also like early autumn, the few days of Indian summer we get her in southern Ontario, with leaves changing-eye-numbing colour!
ps. Inglor-enjoy your few weeks of decidance, both of the mind and tastebuds -Have a Happy one!
Cheers

[NancyBrooke]

Happy Birthday, Inglor! Thanks for giving us all this little gift - a chance to remember things that make us happy.

The two most beautiful times of year around here are late September and mid-May. Particularly around the Chesapeake bay the vibrant changing leaves and the soft tawny reeds in the difuse light are just so lovely and peaceful; and then somewhere in mid-May is a moment when it seems like everything is in bloom - late daffodills, early dogwood, cherries, pears, redbud, and azalea - unbelievable!

But my very favorite time of year are those few days in March between snowfall and mud melt when suddenly it's seventy degrees again. I went to school in New England and one day you'd be wearing a parka and then next there'd be students getting sunburned in short-sleaves, dragging couches out into the yard to study, and playing Frisbee in the snow. It was always a great surprise and a reminder that spring really would come that we were always grateful for.

Ahhhhh now I've gone to the happy place ...



PS: a friend has a great venison chili recipe I think she got from Williams Sonoma!!

[ArtanisOrangeBlossom]

For me.....it's definately May-July.

lol I love May as it is the month that my birthday is in (May 17th! I'll be 18 next year!) and while it does mean studying for exams it also means I graduate.

I love the months of June and July b/c of the languid heat or whatever of it. I love summer as it is perfect weather to go to the mall and stuff and me and my mom are constantly going to friends houses and stuff.

Everything that everyone else has said to you Inglor! LOL