Happy Easter 2009

Happy Easter! Here is our Easter egg tree for 2009:



We went to Easter Mass this morning, and now are getting ready for two gatherings this afternoon. After church, Lucia put on a puppet-show with her new blessing fairy made by Nushkie Design:



Unncecessary Children's Book Sequels Contest update: the judges are working on narrowing down their choices, and we should have announcements and book covers within the next few days.

P.S. My wonderful husband set up the tree.

Red Eggs

Yesterday, the Magdalene Review featured legends of the red egg in conjunction with Easter and Mary Magdalene. There's a funny variation involving a chicken, too.

I meant to make red eggs this year for an Easter party, that is, hard-boiled eggs soaked in sweet-beet juice. However, I was distracted with other things, and but did get it together to make Knox blox with black raspberry juice.

An earlier post about red eggs:
Legend of the Red Egg.