Sky Lanterns

 I started this blog back in January, and for some reason never attached the pictures, so we get to look at this in March.
We first discovered these Sky Lanterns back last July when we went to my Aunt and Uncles for July 4th. We let one go then, and it was so much fun.
We couldn't find any more after the 4th, so we made it a point to go looking for some when New Year came around. We bought 8 of them, in different colors! I know.. but we really think these are neat.
In many Asian cultures it is considered good luck to release a sky lantern, and many believe they are symbolic of problems and worries floating away.

While we all made a new year wish, we don't put any stock that this lantern will grant it. However, as a family activity its fun. The fuel cell inside burns out and the thin rice paper dis-senegrates into the thin air, a a small piece of paper if that falls to the earth.
Yes, there are several of these that are not safe, they have been known to start fires, eeks! Since Sweetie is a former firefighter, he made sure that we were far away from everything, that there was not a big breeze and that no fire touched the ground or anything else for that matter.
Happy New  Year!



Here Sweetie and the boys are ready to release the sky lantern. We only let one go this time. It was pretty cold and wandering around in the dark wasn't as much fun as one would think. So it looks like we will have more for fourth of July!