Monday, 2 December 2013

The seasons, according to our family

From the shortest day of the year, we count the seasons like this:
  • Getting Sick season, or Big Windy Storms Rolling In from the South season
  • Navel Orange Season
  • First Spring Flowers Season HOORAY!
  • Mega Hayfever Season
  • Nut Season, which is also Spring Lamb Season
  • Queensland Strawberry Season
  • Start of the Sailing Season HOORAY!
  • Start of Victorian Strawberry Season
  • Stone Fruit Season HOORAY!
  • Christmas Party Season which is also Summer Bogun Season
  • Christmas/New Year, or Commissioning Season #1
  • Beach Picnic Season, which is also University Grant Season and Music Festival Season and Blackberry Season HOORAY!
  • Fresh Apple Season, which is also Corn Season HOORAY!
  • Easter, or Sacred Music Season, or Commissioning Season #2
  • All the Summer Boguns Leave Us Alone Season
  • Are there Mushrooms Yet? Season
  • End of the Sailing Season
  • Wild Mushroom Season HOORAY!
  • Cold and Wet and Tired Season
  • Travel to Somewhere Where it's Not Winter? Season
and back to the shortest day of the year.

It is funny when people ask my kids about the seasons and they reply "Corn season" or "Blackberry Season". But is this not a more interesting and intuitive way to count the season?

1 comment:

  1. what about the (in no particular order)
    wet and drissly season
    or the hot one week cold one week season
    beanie and gloves season,
    net the fruit tree season,
    pruning season
    rock climbing season
    ..........

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