Whistletoe

How the tradition of searching for mistletoe on Thanksgiving got started... I can't remember! After the Thanksgiving meal at Mom's house, Eddie and I use to come home and head into the woods for an afternoon hike. Somehow it developed into an outing to look for mistletoe. When Isaac came along 9 years ago- he of course became part of the event. Except our mistletoe was then called "whistletoe." How things do change. This year he was carring a gun to help with the shooting. Funny how Dad turned our tradition into a nature walk with all the things he taught us. For our nature study this week, guess what we are going to draw and place in our notebook... Whistletoe!