How To Cope With The Shortening Days Of Autumn
Here are some tips on managing fewer daylight hours.
I love autumn! I think it’s my favorite season. The leaves are showing more of their true colors, the crisp bite to the air, a bright blue sky, and pumpkins for sale along the roadside always make me feel good.
But, along with the beautiful scenes we get to experience in autumn, we realize our days are shorter. There is no way to miss this, is there? Our after-dinner walks with our dog Molly are bordering on darkness before 7 p.m. Mornings are met with fog over the lake or in the coulees for those of my friends living in the Driftless Area from whence we came. This morning it was 24 degrees and there was frost! It’s the end of September and autumn is in full swing!
How do we cope with days that have less sunlight than darkness? There are a few things I do that you might consider.
- Prepare for this time of year. Last week, we went home from a vacation to Maine. I felt the difference in the air and noticed the early dusk and acted accordingly. My houseplants were brought inside. I have three Dracaena trifasciata or plants known as mother in laws tongue. They’ve spent the summer on our deck, which was probably too much sunlight for them, but they dealt well with it. Cold and frost, now that’s another…
