Indian summer… It's a wonderful time… The sun's rays make their way through the trees, yellowed foliage rustles underfoot, and thousands of cobwebs fly in the air. Indian summer usually comes after the first period of autumn cooling, it returns dry and warm weather, the duration of such heat cannot be predicted. When the Indian summer begins, nature is transformed under the last warm rays of the sun, as if playing with it.
Old omens
Since ancient times, people associated the arrival of Indian summer with multiple church holidays. Previously, it was divided into two periods, it was "young" - at the end of August, and "old", which usually began in the middle or end of September.
Under various influences, in our time there is a sharp change in climate, and this, of course, affects the seasons and their different manifestations. Now it is difficult to determine when the Indian summer begins, every year it happens in different ways. In other countries, this manifestation of the last heat has its own names. So, for example, in Germany it is called "Grandma's Summer", in France - "Summer of St. Martin", and in the Czech Republic autumn sunny days are called "Seeds-panna-Maria".
Nature during Indian summer
There is a quite logical explanation for such a natural phenomenon as a significant warming in autumn. After all, when Indian summer begins, nature prepares for winter and cold weather. In the leaves of trees, chlorophyll begins to break down, and instead of green color, they acquire yellow and red hues, and then fall off. Forests and gardens at this time are simply charmingly beautiful, not in vain, because the Indian summer season was described by poets and writers in different centuries. Also, after these last warm days of the year, many animals hibernate until spring. Beautiful warm and sunny days gives us Indian summer. When this period begins, you always enjoy the beauty of nature, which seems to be frozen, and only a light breeze excites it. Sometimes during this short autumn warmth, some plants re-bloom. No one can fully predict when Indian summer begins, 2013 brought this golden period in October. Autumn began with cold rains and a sharp drop in temperature, but still we were pleased with the warm couple of weeks of Indian summer.
Where did the name "Indian summer" come from?
This expression has several explanations. Some say that this natural process is reminiscent of the youth and beauty of women. And the silver cobwebs symbolize the gray hair that appears with age. And in the old days, at this time, women, when they were freed from field work, began to do housework and asked the sun to warm up morea little to finish all the work before the onset of a cold winter. No matter how this wonderful phenomenon is called, everyone knows that when the Indian summer begins, you can enjoy two weeks of warm and clear days. Nature becomes extraordinarily beautiful, freezing in a crystal day and a radiant evening. This is the most romantic time.
