Preparing for the Camino

Packing my bags for Tuesday take-off to Paris.  Trying to figure out the BLOG process so I can keep myself and other interested people up-to-date on my travels.....maybe....

This is St. James Anglican Church in Long Reach.  I am heading out on the "Camino el Santiago" which was originally the "pilgrimage" of St. James the Apostle.  Long Reach is my ancestral home.  Significance. 

The scallop shell is a symbol for the Camino el Santiago as St. James was a fisherman.  This is a picture of an altar cloth at St. James Anglican Church.  Although I do not consider myself to be strongly religious, my mother was a great Anglican and I would sometimes attend St. James church with her.  I had never noticed the scallop shell symbol until preparing for this journey. 

Just to remind myself when I am away, here is my elder daughter, Emma, with some young man.  I could not find a picture of Emma alone.

and my younger daughter, Julia:

and my husband and knitting intern, Tom:

and my dog, Nugget:

and my house in Fredericton:

and my cottage in Long Reach:

and my garden in Long Reach:

and part of my "Named Mittens" collection:

 

and my favorite kitchen appliance and family heirloom:

 

and one of my favorite food productions, Blackberry Applesauce:

 

And what does all that have to do with my Camino?  I guess it is my background, identity, interests.  And it was me trying how to figure out how to do a blog.  I will get more caminoish tomorrow.  Maybe.