Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Spring…

In the spirit of spring renewal and rebirth I decided to dust off this neglected blog and what better place to start than with a day of  egg dying with Mr J and Miss E.
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The eggs were boiled…
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The dyes were mixed…
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The aprons were on…
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and we were ready…
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Each used a different technique…
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Mr J took his time experimenting with mixing different colors…
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and Miss E used each bright color separately and quickly…
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both methods worked well…
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I tried to take pictures of each egg separately…
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using both iphone and dslr cameras…
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The eggs weren’t the only things dyed…
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I think the hands were my favorite.
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It was a colorful day.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Some Egg Action…

I haven’t bothered with an egg tree every year but this year my Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick  died and its branches make the perfect egg tree…

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I haven’t dyed eggs every year either but this year I needed an activity to do with my grandchildren during an overnight…

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And finally…I rarely had an egg hunt here when my children were young because my parents always held one at their house.  Now I am the grandparent and the egg hunt was here…

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And now to eat all those hard-boiled and chocolate eggs.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Easter 2010…

It seems that every year our holiday traditions have to change…This year I was fortunate to have both my daughters and their families as well as a niece and nephew here on an unseasonably warm Easter day. 

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…There are some old eggs and some new eggs decorating the tree…and lots of help hiding eggs…

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There were only two children hunting for eggs…but they were VERY competitive…especially Mr J…If I had known how competitive he would be I believe I would have assigned them each different colors…

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Not Just Rain Happening…

Suddenly it has been three weeks since the Rainstorm and it looks like I have been washed away…Not so!…I have still been taking photos…just not as many as I have in the past…I’m not sure why I haven’t  been as motivated…the weather has been stunning, I have a wonderful new camera, my computer is working faster than it has in a long time..I just haven’t had that creative urge …I do want to share some spring photos here though…

One morning was spent dying hard boiled eggs…Mr J and Miss E look so serious in these pictures!

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I had forgotten how fast two children can dye a dozen eggs…and what serious business it can be…

Monday, April 13, 2009

Early Egg Hunt...

Saturday was a rainy cold day....and the grandchildren were here for an egg hunt...



...So the egg hunt was indoors...





...and as you can tell taken very seriously...