~MOON FESTIVAL~

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, is a popular East Asian celebration of abundance and togetherness, dating back over 3,000 years to China’s Zhou Dynasty. In Malaysia and Singapore, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival. The Chinese Lantern Festival is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month. This year’s festival is celebrated on September 13, 2008 PST… Happy Moon Festival!!

Happy 1st birthday to our youngest hatchlings born September 16, 2007, what a surprise party that was!!! And for all the tortoise and turtle lovers on your gift list this year check out “Animal World” online.