You October people chose a wonderful month to be born. It’s a golden month, with the fragrance of apples and chrysanthemums, the time of harvest, a tucking in of plants, and insects readying for a winter’s sleep.
Your birthstone is the fabled opal. Read about it. It has a fascinating history. And, of course, your flower is marigold. Marigold is one of my favorite flowers. I like its fragrance; a lot of people don’t, but I do. It smells like green, growing things, like the earth and sun and sky. And, as a bonus, it repels pesky bugs.
Special days abound in October. One of the most interesting days is St. Luke’s Little Summer, occurring on October 18, when, traditionally, there’s a period of calm, dry weather (The Old Farmer’s Almanac).
Here’s a bit of weather lore, from the Farmer’s Almanac: warm October, cold February; as the weather is in October, so it will be in March, and much rain in October, much wind in December.
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