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Fall Fun and Fun Giveaway

***UPDATE: The Giveaway has ended, but please feel free to comment!***

Happy Autumnal Equinox! Fall officially begins at 11:09pm tonight. Over the years, I’ve heard several people say that, on both the autumnal equinox and the spring equinox, day and night are each exactly 12 hours long. I’ve always wondered about this, so the researcher in me did a little digging. And what I discovered is – those people are all wrong! The only way that would technically be accurate is if the sun were a single point of light and if Earth’s atmosphere didn’t exist. However, on both equinoxes, the days and nights are closer to 12 hours than any other days of the year. I did find some other interesting facts that apply to both Equinoxes though:

The spring and autumn equinoxes are the only two times during the year when the sun rises due east and sets due west.

The equinoxes are also the only days of the year when a person standing on the Equator can see the sun passing directly overhead. (doesn’t this make you want to go stand on the Equator?)

On the Northern Hemisphere’s autumnal equinox day, a person at the North Pole would see the sun skimming across the horizon, signaling the start of six months of darkness.

On the same day, a person at the South Pole would also see the sun skim the horizon, beginning six months of uninterrupted daylight.

Among adults 70 years and older, 3 in 10 fall each year.

Wait. How’d that fall fact get in there?

With Fall comes beautifully colored leaves, warm fuzzy sweatshirts, deer hunting season, apple cider, hay rides, brisk nights, brown grass that doesn’t need to be mowed, football games…..and Fall Giveaways!

It’s that time of year, the kids are back in school. Not my kids. I don’t have kids. Someone’s kids are back in school, which means school shopping has come and gone. But, not without me buying a “few” things, including a little something for my blogger friends.

You see, I tried finding another purse just like this one:

When I bought this purse for myself last year, my boyfriend expressed how much he disliked it. Since then, I’ve received countless compliments on it. Strangers will approach me just to tell me they love my purse. It always makes me smile – especially when my boyfriend’s around!

But I bought it last season and couldn’t find another one to giveaway. Anywhere. Trust me. I looked.

So I bought this one instead. Same brand, similar style, very versatile, but not quite as bulky. I love gray/silvery colored purses – they work with everything!

After contemplating keeping it for myself, I decided to give it away along with a necklace like this since it seems “fall-like” to me. It’s a purplish glass tile with copper accents, encased in a silver-plated frame. It won’t be this actual necklace, since this one has been sold, but it will look very similar!

The rules are simple. To enter, just comment here and answer the following question:

What do you most look forward to in the Fall?

If you’d like additional entries into the giveaway, here are some more options. If you do any of the following things, be sure to come back here and comment for each one so you receive your additional entry. You don’t have to be a new follower or fan to enter.

1) Follow my blog (1+ entry)
2) Like my Facebook page (1+ entry)
3) Follow Remaking Memories on Twitter (1+ entry)

Contest ends October 22, 2010 at midnight Eastern Time. Winner will be selected using www.random.org

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