Easter Sunday

Well, the weatherman turned out to be right yesterday...... we did indeed get heavy rains and winds...... it all started after midnight and went on till nearly 5:00 this morning. As a result, our nice warm temperatures dropped at least 25 degrees and it was cold this morning. Bah humbug to that! I'm glad I cut that pink rose yesterday..... it might have been drooping its pretty bloom into a rain puddle this morning and I wouldn't have been happy about that.

We went to our friends K & B this morning for their annual Easter Breakfast and Egg Hunt. There were about 25 adults, and two young children...... all of us walking around three backyards and front yards, each of us holding a wicker basket and seaching for eggs that B had hidden in the grass, underneath the bushes, in potted plants, in the rock garden, around the pond in the Oriental garden. Except for the cold and breezy weather, it was a lot of fun. I didn't even count the eggs I collected..... I just divided them up and gave half each to the two young boys, to make their baskets fuller.

I was just happy to get back into K's house where it was warm. Stupid weather..... too cold for me, and I've been freezing ever since. Oh well.... maybe it will be warm and sunny next Easter. Last year's egg hunt was also on a cold and drippy Easter morning. Since my husband and I have been going to K's for this Easter party, only the first year's Easter Sunday was a bright and warm sunny day.

The year before last, I had found a very large, home-sewn Easter bunny..... he's about 5-feet tall, wearing a top hat and a suit. His arms and legs are very long, and you can move him into just about any position. I bought him at a yard sale and I was going to put him in a chair on our front porch for Easter...... but I gave him to K for her own Easter celebration, since she really goes all out for this party. This morning, she had that big bunny sitting in a tree in her front yard. His arms were wrapped around one of the tree's branches, and his legs were dangling down in the breeze and he looked as if he was watching all of us as we searched for the eggs. I have to say that Mr. Bunny looked better in her tree than he would have on my porch.

Oh well...... maybe it will warm up tomorrow...... the rain stopped around 6:00 this morning, and the sun has been going in and out all afternoon. The heavy breeze is what's making it colder than it needs to be. As far as I'm concerned, any temperature lower than 78 is "colder than it needs to be."