These are a few of my FAVORITE things...

For anyone who knows me, you know that my favorite season of all time is Fall. There isn't a single thing I don't love about the fall...I love the weather: still warm, but breezy with golden sunsets. I love the holidays: Labor Day, Halloween, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving. I love the colors: deep reds, burnt oranges, rich browns, shimmering golds. I love the scenery: trees changing colors, leaves falling gently in the wind. I love EVERYTHING about the autumn...

One of the signs that autumn is near is Gold Rush Days. I LOVE Gold Rush Days. I wouldn't call myself a history-buff, but I enjoy learning about history. I specifically LOVE California history, being a caLi girl, and in Old Town Sacramento (OldSac) they annually have the Gold Rush Days Festival. [Side note: for those of you who don't know, Old Sacramento used to be a booming town during the days of the Gold Rush. It has many times flooded and properties were rebuilt on top of old storefronts. Some stores in OldSac have renovated the previous stores, some as deep as 3 levels. It's paved in cobblestone roads with rickety wooden sidewalks. There is plenty of shopping, eating and site seeing including the Train Museum, my favorite.] Every Labor Day weekend, the cobblestone roads are covered in tons of dirt to mimic the days of the Gold Rush. Skits are performed in the streets, simulating old gun-slinging fights. Actors are dressed in time-period costumes and folksy musicians take to the stages and streets to bring back the days when California was new.

I can't get enough of Gold Rush Days. I think this is the first time I've ever said this, but: I'm so excited that BS doesn't live in my city because I get to show him all sorts of stuff. This weekend, we'll definitely be heading to OldSac to enjoy the sites!

Something that, oddly enough, I'm crazy about is Halloween decorations. I go crazy over decorating for Halloween. I have 3 metal haunted houses that hold tealite candles, I have all sorts of door decals and covers with bloody hand prints and creepy things...I have a CD that is full of tracks of creepy sounds or screaming people. I just love decorating and celebrating Halloween. It reminds me of DD...who also loves Halloween and it's decor. I think she beats me in the "having a bunch of Halloween themed stuff" category. I saw these little guys in a Michael's and thought of her...

...and in honor of my Autumn-Themed blog entry, it seemed appropriate to post :)

Happy Tuesday, readers!! <3, me