The Cycle
Living in seasonal New England isn’t easy. Sure, we don’t really have many poisonous snakes or spiders like folks do in other parts of the world, but we’ve got problems of our own. I mean, have you seen the mosquitoes around here in the summer? It’s like they make up for not being around for three seasons by being three times as blood thirsty!
At least there’s one thing we can all agree on, proper seasons or not: candy corn is awful.
Hey, it’s another theme week. Seasons! Just like a couple of weeks ago when we talked about pirates! How exciting.
Seasons for me have always been kind of a mixed bag. I’ve lived in New England most of my life but I’ve also lived in Arizona for a while and in Michigan for a short time. When I was in Arizona, I really missed having proper seasons (and foliage, but that’s a different story). Sure, they have summer and winter, but it’s not really the same. Now back in Massachusetts, I’ve learned to appreciate the fall and winter in a way I never really did before I moved. I’m still not a huge fan of the cold winter months, but I can at least enjoy them a little bit now.
When I was younger I never really understood how some people could enjoy winter more than spring or summer until I saw my brother and my father’s allergies flair up during the warmer months. I think it was about the seventh box of tissues the two of them went through in two days that it started to click for me.
I guess if the issue is whether you can actually get air into your lungs, I’d prefer the colder months a lot more as well.
As for myself, I don’t really suffer from allergies nor do I get sick very often, mosquitoes don’t really bother me enough to be put off by summer, and candy corn makes a handy weapon if you’re ever in danger. Getting mugged in a dark alley? Blind your attacker with unyielding high fructose corn syrup and yellow #5 dye!
When it comes down to it, there’s plenty to love and a few things to hate about every season. I may complain about the cold in winter, but the snow really is lovely. The spring is full of new life and bird song, the summer is warm and bright, the fall is cozy and fresh.
Every season is beautiful in its own way.
It’s nice to appreciate them for what they are.
I would agree with you if it hadn’t been for the fact spring hasn’t seemed to have come. Instead Michigan has just jumped strait to summer. Last few days have been in the 80(f)’s and before that we were lucky if the temps was over 40 (f). Lil’ K… WHAT HAPPENED TO SPRING!
It is not just Michigan, spring managed to escape us here in New England too. If your wondering where the seasons escaped to, I hear they’re getting snow in Arizona.
GRARGH! “you’re”
I’m from Southern California we only got two seasons, hot summers and warm the rest of the year. Allergies are a problem sometimes I guess
What’s funny is that the sequence of four seasons that look like that and exist for lengthy amounts of time really only exists in a very small portion of the globe. Here in Colorado, we basically have 365 seasons, and not necessarily in any order.
Of course, I’ve been to Montana, where the three seasons are Arctic winter, flash flooding, and road construction, so I’ll take it.
I love candy corn…
No dissenting opinions here!!
Just kidding 🙂
You monster.
On Wednesday it was all sunshine and gorgeous! I sat outside on the balcony enjoying it very much xD
Then on Thursday morning it was cold and grey when I was walking to work =(
However after work it wasn’t until i stepped out the front doors that I saw that it was SNOWING HARDCORE.
Why must the Canadian weather be so fickle this year??
=<
It's almost nice because the snow is fluffy but IT'S SPRING DAMMIT!.
This graphjam chart pretty well explains the deal with candy corn for most of us: http://graphjam.memebase.com/2009/11/11/song-chart-memes-candy-corn/
I have to say, living on a tropical Island I don’t really miss the seasons back in the mainland AT ALL. Bwahahaha.
It rains all year were I live! D8
Oh this one is great. Like a lot of your comics I see this one in national publications. The little backgrounds are so much fun. Hope you have a great early spring. I can feel the tree pollen now. AAGGH
Pfah. One thing we can all agree on, that’s silly. Candy corn is one of the best candies ever made!
Last panel, is the ground covered in candy corn? *_*
fairly sure they’re dead leaves…
We have all four seasons here in NW Oregon. But it’s all a lot milder.. and wetter. To us Winter is usually about 40-50 degrees and rainy. But we do get snow and ice sometimes. Summers tend to hang out in the 70-80 and sunny range, but we do get a heat wave once in a while.
The bright side is it’s green year round.
All seasons have something nice. Except Summer. Summer in Alabama is misery.
Spring and Fall are not terrible in and of themselves, but as I have allergies roughly on par with your father and brother (separately, not combined), I have difficulty with enjoying them.
Then there’s Summer. >:| Still suffer from allergies constantly, swarms of insects, and horrible, HORRIBLE heat.
I guess Summer has baseball, so that’s something. :/
I love his autumnal attire.
Am I the only one in the world that loves candy corn?! I guess it’s just more sweets for me then. Probably more cancer too.