Wassail!

A cold drizzly windy afternoon didn't deter us from going to a friend's house for their annual wassail. Cider cup, hot soup, sausages and apple cakes added to the merriment. The apple trees were knocked to wake them from their winter slumber, bread soaked in cider was put on the apple trees and the robins will come and fly to the goddess Paloma, goddess of apple orchards and she will then bless this orchard thus ensuring a bountiful crop of apples.
And if you believe that you can believe anything!! But it makes for a great afternoon of merriment and good cheer.