This poll appears by special request from Grace, whom I have not yet me but who describes me as “one of her favourite imaginary friends.” She hopes it will settle a dispute she is having with another friend.
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I must say that I’m not a huge fan of January and February either. But I’m pretty sure this part of November will never end… ack
You are such a good friend, being imaginary notwithstanding.
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I chose April simply because that is the dirtiest month up here at the lake. The roads are impassible with sludgy mud, the sled doesn’t work well to haul groceries, the dogs track in half the terra firma on their feet, and the world is no longer white and beautiful and not yet green with promise.
But ask me again. In February my vote might swing. As a friend says, November makes you sharpen the razor but by February it’s been looking at you for 3 months.
I voted Feb. because that’s when winter really, really begins to draaaaaaaaaaag…
July for me. That’s the middle of winter over here
I still like winter in November…I am amazed by its beauty and looking forward to the holidays. But, by March, I soooo ready for it to be over.
I love November…too many birthdays to celebrate not to love it.
February on the other hand never seems short and sweet like it should.
This past February (and the February before that) I was struck by how many bloggers were whining as much as I was about the weather. Our Novembers are gray, but February is the longest, cruelest month of the year.
January, for sure. It’s never-ending and so bleak after all the frantic fun, activity and sparkly lights of the preceeding months). February is, at least short and not too, too far from the beginning of spring and also when my birthday is.
I used to hate February the most, but then my son was born on February 14th, so now November gets the nod. They were always pretty close anyway.
Toss up between January and February but January won out since my son’s birthday and my triplet granddaughter’s birthday are in February. Shorter too so not so long to endure. And I love Valentine’s day.
I voted for February because it’s like the 30km mark of a marathon. You’re sick of the whole damned thing but there’s still plenty left.
Sorry Grace, I don’t think this is working out the way you were hoping. Maybe you shouldn’t tell your friend about the poll. 😉
Sandra, you have triplet grandchildren? Lucky you!
Hey, I just noticed there was nothing in this post about me — what’s up with that?
Too late Zoom. We’ll see how gracious he’ll be in victory . . .
My hatred of November is all about the gathering gloom of our shorter days and the above average cloud cover. Did you know that this is the only month when Ottawa’s prevailing wind comes from the East? Never a good thing.
I have SAD. I wonder if that’s why I feel the way I do about this time of the year.
XUP, how can we make this up to you? November was supposed to be all about you!
XUP, I just wanted to see if you would notice.
Believe me, I thought about you while composing and posting that post.
Grace, I’m sorry you have SAD, and I’m sorry about the prevailing winds. At least your worst month of the year will be over tomorrow, whereas the rest of us have to spend the next 89 days dreading and/or enduring our worst month.
I’m on board with February also. For a short month, it’s unbearably long…
OK, who hates December? How can anyone hate December?
Bah humbug I can hate December. Besides by then it will be too late to vote for all you Ottawa bloggers.
Oh Zoom, don’t be sad about my SAD. I’m learning to work around it and the drugs for the tyroid that hates me are also used to treat SAD. So win. win. win. win , win. But get to work on those prevailing winds wouldya . . .
For me I voted January with February being such a close second, and November not far behind it. (By November, all the beauty of fall is gone, and the “beauty” of winter is not yet here. It’s just dead, grey, and miserable)
I wouldn’t like December if it weren’t for the celebrations. What can I say, I can be bought. Especially by the ball-winder, swift, and books coming my way!!!
To be perfectly honest though, I find I can complain no matter what the time of year is, except on those glorious 3 days of spring and 3 days of fall where it’s sunny, and the air is clean and crisp. (Man that word looks so wrong typed today.)
June. We hates it. May is bright and sunny and warm, everybody dresses up. I sleep in the sun. June is cold again and wet and muddy and wet and i can never get enough brushing to be dry. It’s frizzy and wet and we hates June. June lasts through July 4th when everything goes BANG (which we also hates).
Gwyndolyn O’Shaughnessy, Queen and Empress &c.
Zoom, I’m thinkin’ of banding with the January and March haters to form a new coalition.
Grace, are you going to try to overthrow February??
Gwyndolyn O’Shaugnessy, you poor thing, we will hates June for you too.