lighting our way

moving across the world

from lighter to darkening

Australia to Switzerland

from coming summer to coming winter.

Celebrations of light paved our way.

Feels like divine timing - but isn't it all ;)

We chucked out the old from our home and lit up a whole new one. . .

then left to

Diwali in India we cleaned out the old again and put on something new

lit up lanterns at the door to welcome good fortune in

set off firecrackers to drive evil spirits away.

and ate sweets too.

Halloween snuck itself in between

but I'll call it Samhain

harvest an end heading down in to winter

respect all your ancestors, light up the dark

burn a big bonfire

maybe dance about.

Then we arrived to the 'Raebelichtli umzug' in our new town

and marched through the night with all the school kids around

carrying their lanterns of carved purple turnips, through the dark streets

an old Swiss celebration of harvests end and lighting the way into winter

a nice way to meet our new beat.

The end of our beautiful Bondi harvest for now,

Lighting our way into Rueschlikon.

Here are the lamps we lit for Diwali

and the lanterns we made to light our way

to our new home

and into our new year . . .

how did you celebrate

the season change?

the full moon?

11.11.11 ???

xxx