Tag Archives: Easter

~:: Rest of the Springy Thing ::~

We have always kept a line between the candy eggs on Saturday and maybe real eggs on Sunday, though why dyed eggs, real or not, should count as appropriate on such a deeply significant holy day, I’m not sure I … Continue reading

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~:: The Spring Thing ::~

Rewind: Easter Part 1 – Outside Chaz came home with a surprise for me—plush peeps. Even though these will NOT dry out and become a crusty delight, they are dang cute. And here we are: an ancient scene somewhat reduced. … Continue reading

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~:: Easter ::~

I am restless.  There are so many things I want to write down. So many shots I want to share. On the Sabbath, I tend to want to write things of a spiritual nature, but today I am so tempted … Continue reading

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~:: Magic Eggs and Long Grass ::~

In our home, it is against the law to mow the lawn before Easter Saturday.  This is not a religious consideration—quite the opposite: long grass is great for the more temporal aspects of our spring celebration; you can hide eggs … Continue reading

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Easter Scrap

Note: I do hope that everyone who read the comments for the last bit understood very clearly that while Teri is WAY smarter than I am, and I won the debate, it was all in fun – and no animals … Continue reading

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Wrong Side of the Mirror pt.2

What I made for Easter. Both Linda and Julie have lovely free patterns for knitted Easter eggs. So I tried them out. Linda’s are knitted with the Magic Loop in the round, Julie’s on the flat. I’m not very good, … Continue reading

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Easter

First of all, may I tell you that after all that snow yesterday, the sun came out and melted it all?  We went to bed looking forward to more spring, which we thought would come bounding back today.  Ummm.  At … Continue reading

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