On Nov 25, 1:19 pm, Charlie Pridham
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"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote in message
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On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:41:17 -0000, "'Mike'"
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"Late September". :-( That bothers me. I am in the early stages of
planning
an 'Autumn Ball' and would hate to find I had pitched it 'outside' Autumn
:-))

Mike

You can have any sort of ball at any time of year. We had a Christmas
garden party in August. It wasn't a white Christmas but it rained.

Steve

Agreed, but I already have a 'theme' and it needs to be in the Autumn.

A Christmas theme would be too near Christmas, even though one suggestion
has been a 'Christmas' event, but most people attending would be sick of the
thoughts of Christmas in November ...... "again"....... (There is Turkey and
Tinsel everywhere. An hotel I use on Bournemouth has 17 Turkey and Tinsel
'do's' before we hit the Christmas period proper)

Another problem I have is that I am fully booked for all of October and the
first week into November :-(( Thus my question. For example is the 1st week
of September Summer or Autumn, I would consider it Summer. What is the last
weekend in November? I would say Winter.

Thanks for your thoughts

Mike

At sea, Autumn in the northern hemisphere ran from the equinox (around
21st Sep) to the winter solstice (around 21st December
Clearly the strict definition does not fit with most peoples experience
as most would not regard mid December as Autumn! although lately mid
September has definately seemed like summer.
Outside I would aim for last week of September but if you are under cover
no one would dispute October being an Autumn month.
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwallwww.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
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That would be my understanding too.
However, the Irish (among whom I live) tend to consider Autumn starts
with August (feast of Lunasa), and ends with October (Sabhain).
Winter starts with Nov and ends with Jan, and 1st Feb (St Brigid's
day) is the first day of Spring, while summer starts with May
(Bealtana).
No amount of reasoning differently will persuade my learned and deeply
celtic other half :-)


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