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This is going to be short and sweet. I had one of those drop-everything-to-do-writing/promo afternoons and tonight is Girl's Night, which means a late evening.

So let's [image error]talk Autumn.

I love this time of year. There's a clarity to the air that's never quite duplicated during any other season. We went to our cabin in eastern Washington last weekend, where we got a first class helping of that cool, clear air.

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It's been quite a while since I've been there and it was soooooo relaxing. The weather was better than Steve Pool (Channel 4 weatherman) predicted, which is always a welcome bonus. Plus, I slept like a baby, read a lot and got to browse through fun boutiques with my BFF Mimi, while the guys kicked back and didn't shop (which filled us all with gratitude). It was a much needed break.

It's an El Nino year on the West Coast, however, which means Washington state is braced for colder and wetter than usual weather. Sunday morning we saw evidence of it on the mountain peaks across the road. The soul mate and I have spent the past ten plus Thanksgiving weekends (Friday through Sunday--not the actual holiday) at our cabin, and historically that's when we see the first dusting of snow on those peaks and often on the trees lining the two passes as we drive home, as well. This year we saw the dusting on October 24th.

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I wanted to show you the actual snow, but either my camera or iPhoto messed up the download for the 4 pics that showed it well and I erased the originals before I figured that out. Sigh.

We started renting the cabin out earlier this summer on a week-end and weekly basis, and this was the first time I've been there since we've had renters in it. We have a guest book that many of them wrote in, and it was fun to read their comments. My very favorite was written by a girl named Elaina. To preface what she wrote to the left here: above the French doors going out onto the deck we have a framed poster of two Adirondack chairs overlooking the--you guessed it--Adirondacks . We also have an capital A on the wall perpendicular to that.

Her assumption tickled the heck out of me and Mimi, who now calls me Susie Adirondack.

Well, happy Halloween, everyone. Anyone attending a Halloween Party this weekend? And inquiring minds wanna know:What's your fave season (and why)--and what's the best Halloween costume you've ever seen or worn? Apologies to those of you who already participated in this question on my Facebook page...but I got such cool replies I thought it was worth expanding the information base.