Background Theme: Southern Hemisphere regional settings

[vaughanvandyk]

Superb plugin, thank you for all your work - really makes Obsidian so much slicker.

When selecting "Seasons and holidays" for the Background Theme setting, the photos currently are all winter themed and suitable for the Northern Hemisphere. It would be good to have an option for Southern Hemisphere that shows the opposite (where we currently are in summer).

Also, the season of "Fall" is referred to as such only in America, so would suggest this option be renamed to "Autumn/Fall".

[andrewmcgivery]

Forgive my ignorance for a moment here! :D

Does the southern hemisphere experience a snowy winter during a different time of the year (if so, which months?) or is snow just not appropriate for the southern hemisphere in general?

[vaughanvandyk]

Thanks for your consideration - and no ignorance at all!

I'm not sure how the plugin determines the range of seasons but if it is the traditional three monthly period, then in the southern hemisphere, winter is from June, July, and August vs the northern hemisphere being December, January, and February. The southern hemisphere can also get snow during our winter but it's not typically associated with our summer (which we're in currently).

[sicahjes]

I second this.

Our seasons are reversed in the Southern Hemisphere (overview below), we also don't necessarily associate winter with snow. This does depends on where you live (some places can be snowy) but we get far less snow than the NH. For example, most people I know have never seen snow. I first saw snow when I was in my late 20s, and I've only ever seen it twice now (the second was in the Northern hemisphere). It's more prevalent in some parts on South America and NZ, but most prevalent in Antarctica (unpopulated, other than scientists etc.).

• Spring: September - November
• Summer: December - February
• Autumn (Fall): March - May, and
• Winter: June - August

I imagine finding images would be rather time consuming. When I have some time, I'll link some images from Unsplash that align with the seasons I've experienced in my part of the world (eastern part of Australia). 😊