Surfacing for Air: ysabetwordsmith

Surfacing for Air

After being down again for a couple days, the net connection is back (at least for the present moment) so here I am.

We held our Litha ritual today. This being a water ritual for Yemaya, I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised at the sprinkle of rain. The day was so warm we just did the ritual outside anyhow. It was really nice. We had the Yemaya flag from Karuna Arts (a review copy from a few years back) for decoration, plus blue and white flowers on the altar.
http://www.karunaarts.com/
Drumming and dancing, and talking about our relationship with the ocean, provided the main activities. Then we came inside for the feast, which included Jamaican jerk chicken, coconut shrimp, fresh-made chili, broccoli salad, and sweet bruschetta among other goodies. Afterwards people hung out and socialized for a while. Special thanks to Brianna and Glynis for much cleanup help. I am pleased with the day.

The sweet bruschetta included fresh-made whipped cream. There was a little left after the feast, so we took it outside for the kitties ...

anghara

June 22 2009, 05:18:13 UTC 12 years ago

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Oh, god... that second photo... it's CUUUUUUTE...

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

June 22 2009, 06:45:48 UTC 12 years ago

... and actually Brianna gets the credit for this too. I didn't think the camera would take decent pictures, but she insisted that I at least try. And I got those two really good ones.

tuftears

12 years ago

newroticgirl

June 22 2009, 05:36:22 UTC 12 years ago

Sweet bruschetta?? Did you perhaps post a recipe somewhere?

And OMG the pictures. SO CUTE!! The little face... the paws... SQUEE!

No...

June 22 2009, 06:44:20 UTC 12 years ago

... that delight was courtesy of Brianna. It seems to consist of sliced bread topped with assorted berries with sugar, and freshly whipped cream with a little sugar in it.

My contribution was the jerk chicken, which was just a free-range hen stuffed with an onion and brushed with real Jamaican jerk sauce, then roasted on the rotisserie. I was surprised how much the sauce permeated the meat. Volatile stuff, capsicum.

Recipe

mtrose2

Re: Recipe

fayanora

June 22 2009, 05:52:46 UTC 12 years ago

That second one is begging for a caption, and to be put up on ICHC. I can see it now: "MY cream! Go get your own!"

laugh

June 22 2009, 06:41:26 UTC 12 years ago

Oh, you should've seen them fighting over the raw chicken liver.

flutterbychild

jolantru

June 22 2009, 07:40:22 UTC 12 years ago

Happy Litha! :)

And cute kitty.

dianavilliers

June 22 2009, 08:47:30 UTC 12 years ago

*Dies and iz ded from teh kyoooootttte*

siliconshaman

June 22 2009, 11:30:54 UTC 12 years ago

Methinks the household representative of bast approves..

haikujaguar

June 22 2009, 11:42:22 UTC 12 years ago

Those are great photos! You're getting handier with that camera, arii. :)

Thank you!

June 22 2009, 16:51:32 UTC 12 years ago

I'm very pleased with these two. The focus isn't perfect, but it's legible, and the poses are great. Practice is helping. I think I shot about 17 pictures to get those 2 good ones.