BEING SINGLE MEANS YOU DON’T ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE THE BED—but you do read the books.  The Main pic is a view from Lock Haven Park to Florida Hospital  and my Featured Attraction is Mennello Museum of American Art  http://www.mennellomuseum.com/ which is by the way is in Lock Haven….if you haven’t been there lately (I was last weekend) you might like to re-visit or if you’ve never been there try it you’ll like it—my review on the museum should be out soon:  http://www.tripadvisor.com/   Ok yesterday was mailing items—from sales this weekend from my store:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/DragonLaire?ref=hdr_shop_menu   Lots of things to like there….and then on to some Pet patrol items—not exactly an adventuresome Monday, but hey one can’t expect a lot out of Mondays.  Oh and finally  check out my OMG Board with lots of fun stuff>  https://www.pinterest.com/lindachase56829/omg-is-this-for-real/

oh and to see the interview where Sam made the famous a few Stiff Ones quotes—-I have come to the conclusion that while beautiful to behold he doesn’t always think before he speaks….Cait a few beats later:  I can’t believe you said that— check out my OMG  board:  https://www.pinterest.com/lindachase56829/omg-is-this-for-real/

and check out http://lokisbruid.tumblr.com/post/111558952219/outlandersource-new-scene-from-s01e09  for a question few of the women I know could say no to……….I should put this in the OMG section

We’re still on fall

NO NO the season

Season not seasonings

Close

OK close enough.

SO TODAY I THOUGHT I’D LOOK AT some of the wackier aspects of the seasonings—ah season….

Hint be sure you read the word or you won’t get the picture.

RAKING LEAVES:  I have no idea how long we’ve been doing this.  I know that here in Florida we only get a few colorful trees each year and that our trees shed leaves in varied loss time frames so while up north you pretty much get dumped on all at once (and if you get behind the snow comes and covers your neglect of the foliage up)—down here we are plagued with a series of falls, one usually timed to occur just after you’ve gotten the last one cleaned up and not disappearing unless you get a hurricane (but the season does last through October so it’s a possibility).

and of course Fall Means FOOTBALL

The date was November 12, 1892, a day that would forever be etched in sports history…. It was the day that the Allegheny Athletic Association football team defeated the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. ….one of the circumstances of the game did make it a never-to-be-forgotten moment in sports history – one of the AAA players, William (Pudge) Heffelfinger, was openly paid $500 to play the game. Thus pro football made its debut…” http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/birth.aspx#sthash.IwzvtmgG.dpuf

But the game had been around a bit before then:  The 1869 college football season was the first season of  (college) football in the United States. While played using improvised rules…  it is traditionally considered the inaugural …season. It consisted …two total games…first was played on November 6 at Rutgers’ campus, and the second was played on November 13 at Princeton’s campus.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869_college_football_season

And since then we have developed

Merchandise with team names and logos on everything from jock straps to bras and beyond

Super Bowl Parties (the first Super Bowl was 1967 Green Bay Packers (34) against Kansas City Chiefs (10)) that strain the billfold as well as the imagination

and  Oh the  festivals and Holidays:

September 17th:    International Country Music Day was established in the 1950s and is held each year.   Which  just goes to show I’m not parnoid–it is everywhere:  On this special day country music festivals are held at various venues around the world. Lovers of country music gather to listen to live music acts while drinking (it helps) and dancing.   https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/international-country-music-day/

September 18^th–22^nd – London Fashion Week. London Fashion Week sets the global fashion agenda, alongside the other big shows in Paris, Milan and New York. (the above pictures may be from one these but am not sure which one.   )  http://www.educationuk.org/usa/articles/festivals-and-holidays/#september

 

 

Day of the Dead, Mexico November 1 & 2:  Kinda like our Halloween and the Christian Celebration and 2 (All Souls Day), Mexicans welcome back the souls of their dead on El Dia De Los Muertos. But there’s no weeping and wailing – it’s a jolly affair with everyone preparing favourite food for their dear departed.
Flowers and candles are placed on graves and at 6pm the bells begin to ring, summoning the dead. They ring all night, stopping at sunrise.  https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&q=weird+fall+festivals+and+holiday+world+wide&oq=weird+fall+festivals+and+holiday+world+wide&g

I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.

and let’s finish up with some fall facts

1.  Fall can bring an especially noticeable change to the high-attitude-living male Siberian hamster. That’s because the rodent’s testes swell up 17 times their size from short days to long; the swelling allows, in part, the animals to time reproduction properly.  http://www.livescience.com/39847-autumn-equinox-facts-about-fall.html

2.   When Day Light savings ends:  There are more car crashes in the weeks just after but fewer heart attacks on the Monday following.  Oh and overnight train trips via Amtrak are an hour longer on the eve of the change. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/10-facts-about-the-fall-season-1.1109474

3.  Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween.  Scarecrows, a popular Halloween fixture, symbolize the ancient agricultural roots of the holiday.  Harry Houdini (1874-1926) was one of the most famous and mysterious magicians who ever lived., he died in 1926 on Halloween night …Halloween has been around for over 6,000 years…Halloween celebrations in Hong Kong are known as Yue Lan or the “Festival of the Hungry Ghosts”…..In many countries, such as France and Australia, Halloween is seen as an unwanted and overly commercial American influence.  http://facts.randomhistory.com/halloween-facts.html