Unofficial Start to Fall

While the first day of Fall doesn't start until September 23, I always feel like the first of September with the impending approach of Labor Day weekend is the unofficial start of Fall.  When I was in school, it meant that school either just started or was just about to start.  And to me, the start of school means the start of Fall.

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Fall is truly one of my favorite seasons.  I've written about it here and here.  I can't help myself.  There is something exciting about Fall to me.  While Spring is a season of new beginnings with new tree buds, flowers blooming, new farm animals being born, Fall to me is also the start of a new beginning.  The start of a new school year.  As much as I rebelled in high school, something must have been ingrained in me through a love for school when I was much younger that brings joy in the start of Fall.

Happy September 1!

Do you love Fall as much as I do?  Do you consider September the start to a new year even if you're not in school anymore?