Holidays
A little late, but here are some photos from Halloween:
Over Thanksgiving we went to the Phoenix Zoo with Grandma Jane, cousins Aidan and Maya, and Uncle Mike. This was in the squirrel monkey exhibit:
And here is McKenna the Large Animal Proctologist:
It’s not too much of a coincidence that she is pointing in both those photos…she does that a lot!
This is a beautiful picture taken by Melissa Dunstan:
Now we are doing some simple preparations for our Solstice Celebration. We have up our Solstice lights to help light the long winter nights, I’m making a Yule wreath out of trimmings from the forest, and we’ll be burning the Yule log in our fireplace while drinking mead. Well, since it is unlikely that I can find any mead to buy, we’ll probably just get some sweet wine. Maybe next year I’ll try to make it at home. Here’s to looking forward to the days getting long again!
December 5th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Mead huh….don’t you just throw some honey, yeast and water in a barrel…..and bury it for a month? How hard can it be….I mean, they did it in Beowolf?????
December 7th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Hey Dara! There are several “meaderies” around (I think there is one in Moab). You might even find a bottle at your local liquor store. But look online too.
:) Heather
December 7th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
no kidding! my online search didn’t show any local sellers, but i’ll ask around anyway. or maybe i’ll just go get a copy of beowolf and study it for tips.
December 7th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
well whaddaya know, first call and I found a bottle of mead over at the Wine Loft! Now I just have to make my way downtown…and this is one serious snowstorm we’ve got going…good thing I’ve got over 2 weeks to buy the bottle.
December 10th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
at first glance of those photos, your mom looks more like you than you!
i LOVE the last pic, with those eyes. beautiful.