Michael's Birthday cake

Evidence that the monster tasted good...
and with no mouth, he can't contradict me :-)

South Point Temple

South Point Temple celebrated the birthdays of its Gods. Two visiting monks went into trances and accepted baby god spirits into their bodies. With these Gods present, they passed on blessings.

Blessings given

God spirit enters

Spike Ball

Drum

Sword

Painting blessings

Altar

Lantern

incense pot detail

offerings

incense pot

Dragon chair

Paint pots and chops

Heads

Flags

South Point Temple held its Gods Birthday celebration this week. The incense sticks in front of the flags are as tall as an adult - there are 34 in this photo.

shoes

... stragglers at sunrise

profile

You can see the webbing that helps to hold the eggs against the females body.

Ethel Beach Cliffs

Ethel beach was crowded this morning - with crabs and people photographing crabs! Not a lot of room left to move.

Splash!

It was a bit rough at Flying Fish Cove on Monday morning for the poor females trying to spawn. I watched one female nearly drown, then after looking a bit dazed, run off in disgust.

Female

The female crabs started their spawning early yesterday morning.