The 5th Season

Right now is the worst time of the year. It's that stupid mid-October to November season when it's 20 degrees at night and 50 degrees, 40-30 with wind chill, in the morning and afternoon. It is cold it's miserable, and it's ugly. Most of the trees leaves will be dead in 2 weeks, everyone will be ticked because no likes being cold and looking at a bunch of dead grass all day. I refer to it as the 5th season.

Got to admit i have got a point. There is a good 3-4 week gap in the year when all fun dies. All the sports end and none of the games begin until late November. Plus it gets cold so any of that fun, outside stuff we like to do becomes imposable. To be frank in my mind if it's going to be cold and miserable it might as well snow. Also winter is the best season of all 5.

Running Out of Ideas,
Tufte