Autumn may be knocking at the door but I am not answering! I am hiding under the kitchen table.

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01.09.07
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September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days.

September begins in western astrology with the sun in the sign of Virgo and ends in the sign of Libra. Astronomically speaking, the sun actually begins in the constellation of Leo and ends in the constellation of Virgo.

In Latin, septem means "seven" and septimus means "seventh"; September was in fact the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BC.

September Changes

September is like no other
It's days change color and weather
No other month can say quite the same
For every day, I can feel the change

It's cool breezes start out warm,
Changing to cold throughout every storm
The leaves change and fall
As the Summer leaves and Autumn kisses us all

September maidens feel the change
Like the blue of the sky
Yet the color so deep
Unbelievable beauty

Maidens fall throughout and watch
Each raindropp changing through colors so fast
Yet one streak remains the same
Of that wonderful sapphire rain.

September, unlike any other
Holds you tight, in any weather.
Changes come, no matter where you go

North and you'll get stormy snow
South and feel the heat of summer coming
September does this, no matter what.
Change lives within, Nothing to stop

September is beautiful
And awesome all the same
It's hope for the future and the change
Comes swiftly as we sweep away

The Summer ends and the Autumn begins
Change is all around
With one maiden leaving
And yet, another comes

Born into the world
Of wonderful September
The sapphire skies live on
Through out this wonderful September

Jessica Millsaps

It is official, this summer has been the wettest in the UK, since 1956.
Ironically, the year I was born!

What does September mean for you?
Schools returning?
A new term?
A new beginning?
Preparing for Autumn?

This is what Wikipedia came up with.

* It is the start of the academic year in some countries.
* On the first Sunday of September, the regata storica parade is staged in Venice, as prelude to the rowing contests known as regattas.
* Labor Day (Labour Day in Canada) is observed on the first Monday in September in the United States.
* In Japan, Respect for the Aged Day is a national holiday celebrated on the third Monday of September. Autumnal Equinox Day is also a national holiday.
* In the United States, Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15.
* In Mexico, Independence Day is celebrated September 16th.
* National Grandparents' Day takes place on the first Sunday after Labor Day in the United States and Canada [1].
* In the United States, September 11 is Patriot Day, in remembrance of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
* In the Netherlands the third Tuesday in September is known as prinsjesdag. The government presents its annual budget. The queen rides to the parliament in a gilded coach and reads the plans for the coming year to the States-general.
* The equinox named the autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere and the vernal or spring equinox in the southern hemisphere occurs on dates varying from 21 September to 24 September (in UTC). In the pagan wheel of the year the spring equinox is the time of Ostara and the autumn equinox is that of Mabon.
* In KwaZulu-Natal, king Shaka is commemorated on the last Sunday of September.
* Counterintuitively, the German Oktoberfest and the Chinese August Moon festival (more correctly called the Mid-Autumn Festival) both occur in September.
* In Australia, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September.
* In Australia, the AFL Grand Final is played on the last Saturday of September.
* September 1 is celebrated as the beginning of Eritrea's 30 year armed struggle for independence from Ethiopia which began in 1961 and ended in 1991.