![making the effort](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8094/8578357506_8020020933_c.jpg)
![hardy daffodils](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8248/8577254565_66d5066a70_c.jpg)
![first day of spring : ice in the bird bath](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8505/8577255115_20990c634c_c.jpg)
![nary a green patch](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8521/8578358540_aa5fa79e4d_c.jpg)
![mostly dormant](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8225/8578359066_cbb1c0148c_c.jpg)
Because of the snow, the Hare left baskets and cleverly hidden eggs inside, this year. Oh, and yes, we celebrate Easter on the vernal equinox, because we're secular pagans.
![Easter : Ostara](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8095/8577310191_1d184c98e8_c.jpg)
See? Cleverly hidden, as I said.
![egg hunt](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8518/8578415532_111c6b9d6c_c.jpg)
![cleverly hidden](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8374/8578415760_b8d937f31a_c.jpg)
![snow out there](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8515/8577313479_b69f66001b_c.jpg)
![we see you, egg](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8526/8577313739_a1b7cba975_c.jpg)
![baskets](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8242/8577310909_ed508962dd_c.jpg)
Now, you might not be able to tell from the photos, but my enormous teens are barely tolerating our Easter ritual, as it's always been practiced. I mean, they balked at hunting for eggs! Then get this- Olivia says, "please don't tag me on Facebook." :clutches heart: Okay. She acts like she's sixteen or something. Oh wait. Basically, they laughed at me a lot.
![barely tolerating this ritual](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8577314007_bf27c4d6cc_c.jpg)
![indoor egg hunt](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8092/8577314253_27cfa5d95b_c.jpg)
![it's basically all for me, now](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8231/8577314559_b51fba8dce_c.jpg)
![oh just do it for me, kid](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8505/8577314777_5f85f39dcf_c.jpg)
![no longer wee babes](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8365/8578418094_108a75dac3_c.jpg)
![like the dawn](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8380/8577315631_e79a31126d_c.jpg)
That's alright. They were good to me and let me have one last Easter like this. I suppose next year we'll have to mature things up a notch (you know, when my wee babes will be seventeen and nearly fifteen!)
Other than that, our day is pretty relaxed. Alex made us a nice breakfast and we'll get devilish with some eggs later, the sun is shining, mostly, and I'll try to resist taking umpteen million photos of these gorgeous ranunculus.
![pink + green](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8525/8578420546_4450a36426_c.jpg)
![petals](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8243/8577316931_f99ddbaed9_c.jpg)
Happy Spring! Blessed Easter!
Those are surely some cleverly hidden eggs, my friend! Oh, and I love the pictures of the egg hunt, especially that first one of Olivia where it *totally* looks like she's humoring you! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter!