Tuesday 4 - Four Seasons

Let's talk about the seasons. Summer has just passed, and we have begun our journey into autumn.

1. How would you describe each of the four seasons? Hit and miss! I live in So California. We can still have 90-degree days which is expected on Tuesday and maybe Wednesday. This past weekend it was cooler, and it rained on Saturday. The nights are cooler too. Cooler is in the 50's. Fall is just starting here. I live in the city, so we don't get to see too many fall trees here. Fall can last through December. Our coldest months are January and February. Our cold is the 50's during the day. We get more rain these months if we are lucky. We don't get snow in my country. I have to drive about an hour to hour and half to get the local mountains to play in the snow. Spring goes by quickly, lasting a couple of months. Then it is a long hot summer, from June through October. 

2.  How do you generally feel during each season? Do you suffer allergy, feel tired, sad, happy, energized? What does each season do for you? Decorating my house for the season helps. Summer is way too long. Our air conditioning bill is crazy, and it is hard to be outside with the heat and mosquitos.  I love fall, mostly because of the decorations and the cooler nights. Winter can be cold for us, but I like wearing warmer clothes and drinking warm drinks. I cook more in the cooler months. I love to make the soups and use the oven. I like watching new growth in the spring. My winter decor comes down and the house returns to normal. I like the butterflies and birds flying around. Then those nasty mosquitos come back!

3.  If there is to be only one season for you to live in, which one would it be and why? I think it would be fall. I like the colors and clothing. Not to cold or hot.

4. What color(s) do you associated with summer, winter, autumn and spring?  Example: maybe summer is green, winter is white..etc.  No white for us in winter. Green in Spring. Yellow, orange, red in the fall in certain areas.  Summer has a lot of green if you can afford to water. We are in a drought and a lot of people don't water and it does not look nice, so brown too. 

Seasons is more than weather. It is the activities that happen during each of the seasons that counts.

This past weekend I went to family bridal shower brunch for Erin.  It was so nice to get together. My youngest sister's, youngest son is getting married in December in San Diego.

My sis in law Cindy, me, my sis Ann and my sis Terry. 

I am the matriarch of our family!

After the shower, I made the 45 minutes' drive in the rain to home. I picked up my husband we left to younger grands annual fall fundraiser. The theme was from the movie Encanto and my granddaughter played Maribel. We are so proud of her. After taking pictures and buying the snacks and cups, the show started. My granddaughter had a solo. Then my grandson joined his sister, and they sang "don't Talk about Bruno. We were so proud of them!! Then the movie started. Some scenes brought tears to my eyes. So much to relate to when you really here what the characters are sharing. It is a great family movie!

On my previous post I share fall picture and the set up for the Festival of Tabernacles our Spanish Ministry set up. After church this Sunday, I took my grands to see the tents up close. I explained the Festival of Tabernacles, or Booths that is celebrated in the autumn. I explained that it was a weeklong celebration to remember how God took care of the people in the desert before going into the promise land. The Jewish people celebrate it yearly along with the two other fall events, the festival of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement. I showed them how each tent stood for one of the 12 tribes of Israel. I bible journal with my grands, so I thought this would be a good visual for them. I explained how each tribe had specific task to do and the tribe of Levi were in charge of the temple. I also took a video to share with the older two grands who were sick. When we can all get together, I plan to make little tents and have them place them in their Bible to represent each tribe. as mentioned in numbers Ch. 2 in the Old Testament. 

      Holding a shofar or trumpet.