Pacific Northwest Homesick Kit



















Jeff's brother Mike and his family put their considerable creativity into our Christmas gift, "carefully designed to alleviate any and all Pacific Northwest homesickness; no matter how sunny and beautiful your location." It included a fir/salal boquet; pine needle shaker to sprinkle on the carpet; a bottle of acid rain; an umbrella; turf and garden mud, along with boots to stomp in the muck; a Seattle Seahawks t-shirt ("wear it and hope the team doesn't collapse in the last moment"); smoked salmon; and the Seattle weather forcast to post on our fridge. IT IS HILARIOUS! WE LOVE IT! (And it worked--chased our homesick blues away as fast as the distinct odor of rotting mud and old boots reached our nostrils!) THANKS, GUYS!