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The elephant in the room…

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021Leave a comment

Easter in isolation - 2020 style!

DIY – Eggceptional egg wrapping

April 9, 2020Leave a comment

Want to try something a bit different? Grab some pretty paper and try wrapping an egg!

egg with feet and fluffy chicken hatching

No fluffy chickens here today…

June 11, 2018June 11, 2018Leave a comment

Be warned - eggstremely soppy post coming up... Back when my husband Neill and I were romantic young things, in the throes of young love but still too shy to say it in public, we would made lengthy phone calls to each other. Since this was back when phones were all firmly attached to the … Continue reading No fluffy chickens here today…

The inlet at Dalmeny

Uneggspected things…

May 26, 2018July 7, 2018Leave a comment

Well, this is not the post I intended for today - I'm at the coast, so I had planned to do a bathing suit post - but today we've seen so many uneggspected things that I felt a different egg was calling me. To set the scene, we are staying in Dalmeny, a tiny town … Continue reading Uneggspected things…

You’re never too young to paint an egg!

May 15, 2018May 16, 2018Leave a comment

The evidence is right here, with this cute little egg, 'painted' by Tori when she was about three months old. It was her very first Easter, back in 2014. I suspect the biggest issue was how to stop her from stuffing those enticing pink hands into her mouth! Oh, and how to keep pink paint … Continue reading You’re never too young to paint an egg!

A made-up egg tale…

May 5, 2018May 11, 2018Leave a comment

Over the years of egg-decorating, we've eggsperimented with many different mediums - paint, textas, pencil, wax, dye and more. I'd have thought we'd tried just about everything possible by now, but apparently not! This year, Katie, who is a make-up artist, decided to try something new to egg-decorating, though not new to her. She's an … Continue reading A made-up egg tale…

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Mosaic egg
Mosaic made from broken bits of dropped eggs.
Kathy's 'Lord of the Rings' inspired egg with quote
“Easter 1984 – was it worth it?”
Photo of egg from 1978
The oldest dated egg, by Michael Hodgkin
40th anniversary egg with purple heart
Painted by my dad for my parents 40th wedding anniversary
painted panda egg
Painted as a memorial for my cousin, Philip, who loved pandas as a child
purple egg with colourful angel
Colourful angel, by MAH
Egg with maple leaves
Autumn leaves, from my Japanese maple tree
Christmas Easter egg
A Christmassy Easter, by Emily Miller
green dyed egg with 3d paint
Dyed and then painted with 3d paint
Katie's make-up egg
Katie’s make-up egg
R2D2 egg
R2D2, still a hero
jabberwocky egg
Jabberwocky eggs
Jabberwocky eggs

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