One of the more humorous moments from PPD 2009 came about halfway through the event when Dru Ann and I just happened to find ourselves standing at the altar.  We were popping new candles into some of the holders when we realized that everything – absolutely everything – on the altar was made of plastic.  there was not one natural item to be found.  from the fake plastic greenery, to the fake plastic seashell, to the plastic wand.  We had plastic pens, plastic candle lighters, and little plastic cups.  We quickly realized that this would just not do, so we reached into our bags of altar items (lets just say Dru and I come prepared for altar making…) and whipped out a cauldron, a bell and dorje, some scales, and other metal-y bits to complement our stash of plastic.  All of which was fine…

…until we realized that everything – absolutely everything – on the altar was made in China.  *sigh*… ya win some, ya lose some.  This year we’re going to try for a little bit more ‘nature’ on our altar.

For anyone who missed it at ppd, Stuart got some great pics of the finished altar.  The link to the ppd photo gallery is in the sidebar.

-justin