To find August( especially mid-August) a sad affair?

Agree.

I used to dislike spring because it was still so cold, still got dark quite early, and the ground was hard and bare, no real flowers yet. Just felt a bit crap to me.

Now I get it. It's still chilly, but the spring sun is lovely and bright, and as cheesy as it sounds, it's the hope and optimism of what's to come.

I now view spring a bit like I view Christmas Eve - you think spring isn't as good as summer, but in actual fact it's better, because you still have summer to look forward to.

As much as I love a lot about autumn, from August onwards just now feels a bit flat to me as we are heading into the dark months....and they are so long

June is the perfect month, with the lovely long days, and August can be a but sad as the days are starting to close in, but it is still summer, so not depressing

August is heading towards summers farewell, but it's a sort of 'everyone on holiday' party month - even though I work through summer there is still a different vibe at work, less traffic on the roads etc.

I love september and like autumn and the run up to Christmas though so I embrace it.

Even the kids have about 2 more weeks off school - we are only halfway through the month!

I’ve lost track… do we love August or hate it in this thread?

I’m on the ‘not so much’ side. I want fall by this point. In 21 days I’ll be on my annual boat trip that marks the start of fall. I hate my summer clothes at this point. Am happier that it’s actually dark out when I go to bed. It’s my birthday month so at least I get cake. But yeah, It will be a slog for the next couple of weeks. Oh and just as it’s starting to cool down where I live I get to look forward to 90F/32C for my work trip next week 🫤

I have found my people!

I feel a sense of dread and this thread has brought into perspective why. Sunday evening vibes is an apt description!

Could it be the amount of rain we’ve had that have something to do with not many wasps being around - we’ve had loads of bees in the garden

It’s undeniably the end of summer, so to be a bit sad makes sense. I guess just try and glory in it being the main holiday month, if you can.

June is fabulous for both gardens and long days.

Do you know what? I hadn't noticed, but now that you've mentioned it, I honestly don't think I've seen a single one.
We are usually tortured by them at work in the summer, but not this year.

Dog days of summer. I've always felt there's a pensiveness in the air as well. (Not sure if it's a hangover from going back to school).

Everything is past its best and waiting for Autumn.

I have always thought that August feels different from the rest of the summer months, I’m early 60s and still get the back to school feeling but in a good way now. Like a mini fresh start.

looking forward to less busy lovely places to walk as kids are back in school, F1 returns soon, usual gang on the Chris Evans show returns and everything just feels more normal for me.

My grass is looking so lush for this time of year but some flowers are beginning to fade now and leaves turning autumnal colours. It’s a funny old month 🥴

I love August, always have. Now my kids are old enough to look after themselves, I can enjoy it more. September is my favourite month though, it’s my birthday month, then I can really focus on Christmas.

Our grass is half brown. We’ve been watering it this week as some of it is new turf so don’t want it to die.

Exactly. We moved and everyone said to plant for shade as summers getting hotter and we'd welcome the shade in the future.

Plants have grown and the summers are cold.

I'm very much a summer person so I get what you're saying. I like August but I'm aware in the back of my mind that the summer is coming to an end. I agree about June-it's the anticipation and hope for the summer.

Honestly, having spent a couple of years living somewhere with no seasons, I’ll take even the more melancholy bits of the seasonal cycle. You don’t get the excitement and light and growth of spring without the dial-down of autumn and winter. Which I realise is a deadly cliché, but it’s true. Living somewhere where it was always dry and hot and more or less vegetationless, and where the hours of daylight were the same all year round, was really depressing. I came back in love with seasons.

August is to the year what Sunday afternoon is to the week

we’ve had some fun, but not enough, and the dread of a new school year and September rains is already in our minds

Hahaa. Yes this. Just when we all planted drought hardy plants cos of climate change the climate goes cold and wet.

Its not all about the weather though. It's progressively expensive as we get darker. Literally we start spending on Christmas in October. I can't bear it.

It's definitely a Sunday night anxiety feeling. May & June have the Friday night feeling with the whole summer ahead, August has a feeling of impending dread about it. Sorry to be dramatic

I’m in Scotland where we’ve had no summer at all this year! Really not ready for Autumn yet! I love the light summer nights which are really drawing in now making it feel like summer is over. Still hopeful for a bit of late summer sun before Sept though! And our grass is very green not a brown patch to be seen.

At this point of the year, I am sick of summer stuff in the shops/online. Round about mid August, autumnal things start to appear and shops and websites have a lovely, fresh look which is deeply cheering.

Also, countdown to Strictly!

We were away for the one week it hit 30 degrees and all my herbs and annual flowers died. My garden looks like October.

Likewise

Who in the UK has had enough sun for brown grass?

I live in the sunnier than average part and still no dry land, or cracks in the ground. Not a single hosepipe ban.

Oh, oh, I know why.

1. Spider mating time (so the big ones come out of hidey holes cos they're horny)
2. Jenny longlegs are everywhere
3. It's starting to get that wee bit darker
4. We (Scotland) have had 2 days of summer
5. If your a supermum you will miss your kids cos they're back at school.