Advent Project

In celebration of Advent which started this week, we are building our own outdoor creche. We are starting with sticks and leaves to create a lean-to for the Holy family,...who will arrive, well, sometime just before Christmas. We don't know what they'll look like...perhaps it will involve sticks and potatoes?... stuffed socks..... suggestions are welcome....the Baby will arrive on Christmas...and finally the wisemen.

Keona is a little baffled by the project, but is coming to some kind of understanding of the story and hey, he gets to play with sticks!

I find the time working on it to be soothing...and lights up a bit of my creative side. Again, while working on this I was reminded of my step-fathers column about learning to do something with your hands. It is good for the soul.

Right now Buddha occupies the space, but he will move over to make room for the Holy Baby. He will not move out completely because the Baby did not enter a godless world. Buddha will watch over the proceedings. It will be exciting to see how everything turns out.

Keona found a slug that had been disturbed from its hibernation, so we dug a hole and buried him again.