here's some picspam from today's kayak trip, and All Hallow's Eve concert and party. Plus, a few extra poodle pics.

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a bit late, but, hey, let's keep the magic going. Originally written for severus_sighs Anniversery drabble fest

Title: All Hallows Eve
Author: venturous
Pairings: Mentor!Snape and 1st year Harry; past Severus, Lily; Severus/Harry
Rating: PG
Word count: 6 x 100
Warning: flangst, tears.  slash implied after age 18
Notes: thanks to beta spidermoth for speedy work. I tinkered only a tiny bit with canon time: in HPSS Harry encounters the Mirror in mid November of his first year.


All Hallows Eve

October 31, 1991 – Hogwarts

He gazed, transfixed, into the Mirror of Erised. Of all the revelations during Harry's first weeks at Hogwarts this was the most profound: his parents had been Wizards, well-loved, smart, and beautiful. Yet they were just as dead as all the times Dudley taunted him. It was baffling. He tried to feel through his confusion. They smiled at him from the hazy mirror, and he wished he could step inside and be enfolded in their arms.
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Too much fun not to share:  some holiday amusement from naadi 



tonight, I'm busy. Tomorrow, I celebrate. professor Sprout will attend a Samhain concert with her dogs.
(They are going as Wolves in Sheep's Clothing.)

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