### period | season:

Autumn
* Most autumn lasts for months.
* also means soccer season.
* are remarkable for their spectacularly colorful foliage.
* barrage of color, when the bluffs are ablaze in fall's finest hues.
* begins for regions north of the equator
  - in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere
  - with cooler temperatures, clear skies, birds
* brings Indian summer weather, winter is snowbound, and the summers can be very hot and dry.
* brings a dramatic reduction in the amount and intensity of natural sunlight
  - rainbow of scarlet, gold, and russet as the changing leaves glow in the sunlight
  - brilliant color since much of Russia is blanketed with deciduous forests
  - changes to many trees
  - falling leaves, sliding temperatures and dark mornings
  - shorter days, along with cooler temperatures
  - the changing of the seasons
* can be beautiful as leaves turn red and golden brown.
* causes chaos when leaves fall on the tracks.
* comes early, and along with it the fall migration of birds and some mammals
  - shortly after the bloom of buckwheat
  - with rich fruits, the tree leaves are deep-dyed colourful, row upon row of trees
* freezes now occur a month later than the once did and spring thaws come earlier
  - than they once did, and spring thaws come earlier
* good time to find fungus because the soil is still warm so they can grow.
* has superb colors of foliage, fruit and seasonal flowers.
* includes Indian summer
  - September equinoxes
* is ablase with colors
  - actually the sneakiest of seasons
* is also a season of sowing
  - time to harvest
  - harvest time for many crops
  - the harbinger of winter
* is also the peak activity period for the adult stage of the black-legged tick
  - sea-watching period
  - season for undokai , or field day
  - time of the spiders
  - very popular for hunting in the woods and brush lands of the forest
* is an especially difficult season for mushroom growers
  - great time to plant shrubs and trees
  - for fall colors, wildlife and holidays
  - harvest time, when market tables heave with freshly picked fruit
  - mild and winter is often cold, wet and cloudy with snow on higher ground
  - nature's time to prepare for the approaching winter
  - one of the great reasons to live in the northwest
  - probably the best time of the year for skygazing
  - said to be governed by metal
  - synonymous with apple harvest time in New England
* is that magical realm located between endless summer sunshine and the biting chill of winter
  - necessary transition between summer's fruitfulness and spring's new life
  - time of year here in Britain when the apples have fallen
* is the 'fall'
  - breeding season
  - calm season before the rush
  - first mating time with the spring being a good time to mate
  - golden season in Beijing
  - harbinger of cool fronts
* is the most active season for moose
  - brilliant and bountiful of seasons
  - dramatic cycle of change
  - spectacular time of the year
* is the season for elk, deer and bighorn sheep to celebrate life in the rituals of the rut
  - harvest, and farmers are very busy gathering their crops
  - of decay
  - to catch record-breaking fish
* is the season when rain is likely to fall
  - school age children return to another year of classes
  - second time of balance in the year, when day and night are of equal length
* is the time for harvesting apples
  - planting bulbs indoors as well as outdoors
  - the estuaries and headlands
  - universal sanitation
* is the time of harvest
  - mating for mantises in temperate climates
  - the harvest and a good time to think about buying home produced products
* is the time of year for porcupines to mate
  - with the most fog, with an average of four days a month reported
  - traditional time to be thankful for the bounty of the Earth
  - usual season for enterovirus meningitis
  - traditionally a time when the bookmakers hold a significant advantage over punters
* is usually a typical Indian summer with mild days and cool nights
  - the driest season of the year
  - when bins in home and garden centers are piled high with bags of bulbs
* is when the apples start to put on color
  - leaves fall off of the trees
  - things are reaped and die, it's winter that buries and bakes
  - wine festival and white truffle season
* leaves change colors and dance in the breeze
  - float quietly down And form a carpet on the ground
  - paint the sky with strokes of fire and gold
  - whither and die
* marks the driest season, with cool mornings and mild days
  - most dramatic changeover from the end of the old to the beginning of a new year
* means color.
* naturally is the way to go, enjoy the season and the outdoors.
* season of appetite
  - change, both here on Earth as well as up in the sky
  - festivals
  - transistion as the warm summer days fade giving way to cooler weather
  - warm days, cool nights, and colorful foliage
* second spring when every leaf flower.
* seems to be one of the busiest times of the year for weddings.
* time for harvesting and feasting, in preparation for the harsh winter months ahead
  - slowing down the pace of life
* time of hurried preparation for the long winter coming
  - preparation in the animal kingdom
  - reflection
  - often associated with learning and new beginnings
* tricky time for birds as food becomes scarcer and territorial tantrums are rife.
* turns the leaves to gold, and snow shrouds the mountains in winter.
+ Finland, Nature and weather: European Union member states :: Nordic countries
  * The weather in Finland varies a lot by the season. Autumns are dark and rainy. Northern lights are common in Lapland.
+ The Seasons (Haydn), The music, Part III: Autumn: Compositions by Joseph Haydn :: Oratorios
  * This is the only time that the soloists feel like real characters in a story and talk to one another. Autumn is the hunting season, so there is hunting music. The hounds become hungry and the music gets faster and faster until, suddenly, the dogs and the music stop. Autumn finishes with a drinking chorus.