Tuesday, October 30, 2007

punkin nuffin

samhain being an ideal time for divination, i decided to lay out a tarot spread today. but loki wanted me to read him rather than the cards.



tashi and i carved our pumpkins this afternoon. when i removed the top from mine, i discovered a pumpkin sprout that had been growing within.



a little green surprise.





this is my halloween village. i've been making this scene on my pumpkins for like a decade now.



tashi carved an I into her pumpkin for Iliana, her classmate who was killed in a car accident just before school began.



samhain is a time to remember the dead, to welcome them back into your home.

i volunteered to make muffins for a little halloween party tomorrow in tashi's classroom. i chose a terrific apple muffin recipe but when i pulled them out of the oven they were burnt to a crisp, mostly. at least the bottoms were.



the tops were golden.



i don't dare send my daughter to school with burnt muffins. 4th graders can be very unforgiving.

but i think i'll have one. . .

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