Preparing for Los Días de Los Santos y Los Muertos

Tonight while we waited for the non-arriving trick or treaters

we prepared our Altar for the dias de los Muertos.

This year we had a side for family and another for friends and mentors. 

We lost family and dear friends these last years.

Last Supper for Now

I ate a little early because she had a farewell dinner.

Joseph and Richard are moving to their new home in the desert next week.

They reminisced and heard wild tales of thieves and robbers..

They promised to gather in Palm Springs 

when the worst of the rains hit here.

Adventure 3: Hansel and Gretel

They left the world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in time for Mexican dinner 

and a wonderful night at the opera.

The staging included a home made out of a cardboard packing box, and a witch's home 

made out of big box store shelves of sweets. 

They ran into quite a few familiar faces from their place of worship. 

221b Baker Street Comes to PSC

She and her friend SL headed to 221b Baker Street which temporarily moved to the Science Center.

After learning about 19th Century forensic medicine, they learned about soils and ballistics, blood spatters, and poisons.

Then they paid a call to 221b Baker Street, where they were given a case to solve.

They visited the crime scene, and struggled to sort out the truth from fiction.

They tested poisons, and studied blood, and tried to determine if the body was 

dragged down to the Thames.

They failed to solve the case, even though they had been bright students of logic in the day.

Dia de Los Muertos At Seattle Center

She left me this afternoon with a bowl of dinner, so I knew she would be home late. 

She headed to the Center for a round of adventures.

It started at the Armory for the annual Dia de los Muertos celebrations.

Las calaveras were part of the welcoming team.

All generations took part.

There were regional music and dance performances and sugar skulls.

And many groups had set up very detailed altars to remember 

deceased family and friends.

Ballot

Today was a major day.

We mailed the ballot and I approved her choices.

She also mailed her little I Phone 5 back to Apple.

But we are now officially finished with electoral craziness, 

at least in this house.

An Afternoon at T-Mobile

At the beginning of the month the keeper stopped in to check on her T-Mobile status and learned she was eligible for a new I Phone.

While she was gone her new phone arrived.

Finally she spent an afternoon with Adante who was most fascinating conversationalist ever.