Mukilteo Musings

Fall Came All In One Day

This is how it works around here. We have lovely days in September with sunshine and then one day, a big wind hits, blows down trees, branches and leaves, and voila.....just like that, summer is gone. And it happened on Thursday. Since then, it has been foggy, misty, and drizzly.


Taken a few moments ago.

Along with October comes St. Francis of Assisi day and our annual pet blessing at our church. We all know there is "one Baptism for the remission of sins" when it comes to people but pets can be blessed over and over. Believe me, my Apolo needs it. He was terrible in church today. Our pet blessing preceded the service and then we (I) convinced our priest to let the animals stay through the Eucharist. We even took Apolo up to communion with us; he was not well-behaved. But it was joyful! And doggone it (sorry), church is supposed to be full of praise and joy for all of God's creatures.


Father Peter with cedar branches and Holy water


Apolo getting blessed


Me (on the left) and my friends with Apolo and his buddy Augustus--the same age.


Yep, this is the Pacific Northwest--Our church meditation trail.


At Home Again (view from my kitchen)--fall colors and fog and my 18th cup of coffee.

UPDATE: King5 news on the evening news just reported about St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral's pet blessing. Pet blessings are a big deal in Seattle. St. Mark's is a major landmark church in downtown Seattle. (As a sidenote, King5 is connected to St. Mark's in that the station was started many years ago by a prominent family who belonged to this church.) Anyway, they had separate sections for cat people and dog people. This would not have worked at our church because we have several members who brought both from the same family. However, this would have helped Apolo's behavior because the cats next to us were causing him to be bad.