Monday, March 29, 2010
Easter Prep.
So, if you're preparing for easter, you need to make easter eggs.
Sometimes, you can get the PAAS kits and dye eggs in 15 minutes, and that's ok.
Alternatively, you can spend an ENTIRE DAY doing it. Which is undoubtedly ridiculous. Nonetheless, it's what we did.
You start by sending a friend who is an artist the kit. That way, you'll know that the result will be good no matter how much Andrea really is a screw-up.
Enter Anne.
Then, you get the eggs. Not too hard.
Next you follow the direcitons. This is a real problem. If you do not have the friend who is an artist at hand, you skip this step. Unfortunately, when you skip this step, you might as well throw the whole project away. So, that is one of the reasons to start with step 1 - choosing the right friend. I have a lot of faults, but I do have good friends.
OK, you draw the designs ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS, doing one step at a time. And WAITING in between so the eggs dry, and then FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS again, and again, until finally you can take the wax off.
And, Ta Da!!! You have ukranian easter eggs! See --
Just as a note: when you get the old fashioned tools , they're not really as good as the modern day ones. But both work. They just work differently. And you don't need the beeswax block - scooping the candle edges is fine.
My eggs are the one on the right, and the one below. Anne's is the one on top left. You can't see all the colors, because of the light, but they're not too bad, huh? Pays to have good friends.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
There are spring animals in the yard. Last week, after I put out the birdseed in the bird feeder, I decided the dead hanging planter needed seeds also. After all, the juncos and towhees want to scratch for stuff, just like chickens.
So, I put some birdseed in the basket, right on top of the dirt and leftover plants. The birds enjoyed it. So did someone else.
And, yesterday, I was working outside. Soren, having been asked twice to mow the lawn, had decided to play computer games instead, so I was doing it on my own. Which did not irritate me at all.
I had decided to try to get rid of some of the grass which has grown in among the violets, which would also require removing the violets. this is a spade and fork operation. When I put the fork in the ground, there was a movement of green. A very hoppy movement. I called Soren (who resisted the call until I said - there's an animal in the yard!). I asked him to bring the camera, but he didn't hear that. When I went back to get it, the animal was STILL in the yard. Wonder of all wonders. Here you have it.
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