Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes and lives? Every month a group of six bloggers share their work-spaces, homes, towns, thoughts, with posts based on specific prompts. It’s been so interesting over the years to see the different ways each of us interpret the topics.

This month we’re sharing our favorite month(s). I really bristle when asked to name a “favorite” of anything: colors, foods, people, etc. I mean, why. Really. Why do I have to have ONE favorite??

So…here are my favorite(ish) things about EVERY month.

JANUARY

My favorite thing about January is that it is cold and dark, perfect for hibernating. It is actually Month One of my own personal Hibernation Period (February being Month 2). The days are short, the holidays are over, it’s the time to just do NOTHING and rest and recuperate and get in your nighgtown at 5pm and watch tv all night and go to bed early. Plus, snow.

FEBRUARY

My favorite thing(s) about February are:

  • February 2 are both Groundhog’s Day, the most ridiculous “holiday” of all, and my mother’s birthday. She was born on 2/2/22 and had a fondness for twos.
  • Valentine’s Day. I don’t CARE if it’s a “Hallmark Holiday.” Like most holidays, as far as I’m concerned, it’s just a good excuse to do something DIFFERENT than all the other days. Wear red. Give someone a card. Buy 27 pounds of Valentine’s Day chocolate when it’s half-off on February 15.

MARCH

My favorite thing about March is it’s ALMOST spring. There are signs. Crocuses popping up in lawns. The occasional almost actually warm day. If you live in the US (except for Arizona and Hawaii), the clocks are set ahead an hour, giving the immediate gratification from one day to the next of an extra hour of daylight in the evening.

APRIL

My favorite thing about April is that it’s ACTUALLY spring. Yellow forsythia and pink cherry trees and purple plum trees and happy daffodils all appear with a big smile on their faces.

MAY

My two favorite things about May are:

  • Katie’s birthday. The world (at least mine) became a better place in May 1991 and I’m reminded of this, and the joy she brings, every year in May
  • ALL THE FLOWERS. May is the best month for garden tours, visiting public gardens, sitting at parks, etc. Everything is fresh and new and colorful. And it’s not too hot yet to enjoy being outdoors.

JUNE

June is the other best month for garden tours, just behind May – just because it’s getting hotter now. Because I’m old I can remember when the heat of summer didn’t REALLY start until July…but now it’s definitely June. There’s also the holdover from my youth of SCHOOL’S! OUT! FOR! SUMMER! Even though it’s been a million years, there’s still that feeling in the third week of June that something is ending…and something more fun is ahead.

JULY

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Hmm. Might be one of my least favorite months, now that I see them all listed out like this. It’s hot. Very hot. Very very hot. Too hot. So unless you live in a pool or at the beach, you’re hot. All the time. And sweating more than that.

AUGUST

My favorite thing about August is that it feels like a break. While still hot, it feels like the end is in sight. I start seeing some crispy brown leaves on the sidewalk…and I can feel the days getting just a little shorter. Statistcally speaking, more people go on vacation in August than any other month, so it truly can feel a little less crowded, a little less hectic. A little slowed down. And I like that.

SEPTEMBER

My birthday. My favorite birthdays last almost the entire month…although that has not happened in a while..WHICH MAKES ME EXTREMELY SAD as I LOVE MY BIRTHDAY. That’s MY day. Not YOUR day. Not anybody else’s day (I am aware that other people have been born on September 5, but let’s not quibble over details). Also, September always feels like a new beginning. You get new clothes. You get new books and new pencils. Everything is new and fresh and unspoiled. And the evenings, at least, are starting to cool off a bit. BOIGA (Being Outside Is Great Again). September is the month I got my first dog.

OCTOBER

Other than all the pumpkin spice latte nonsense, I quite like October. Fall foliage is just ahead…fall gardens are lovely…the air is a little cooler and evenings are crisp. Halloween candy. I can MAYBE start wearing light sweaters. The clocks go back an hour plunging the US into early darkness.

NOVEMBER

Real fall. Cool. Shorter days. A 4-day weekend for Thanksgiving. The ideal walking month.

DECEMBER

CHRISTMAS. Christmas is pretty and distracting. You can goof off a bit and everyone’s just like, “well, you know, CHRISTMAS.” Presents. Trees. Visiting loved ones. Twinkle lights. Outdoor decorations. Maybe snow. So many good things about Deecmber.

Make sure to check out my wonderful friends’ posts to see what they love about the different months of the years. Maybe some of them are more commital than I and can actually pick a FAVORITE.

Daenel at Living Outside the Stacks
Em at Dust and Doghair
Iris’ Original Ramblings <-Iris is rejoining us this month, yay!
Jodie at Jodie’s Touch of Style
Once Upon a Time Happily Ever After Leslie has returned and we couldn’t be happier!
Sally at Within a World of My Own