Easter Egg Tree

This will greet the egg hunters when they arrive next weekend.

 

 

140 eggs in all.

3 Months

...till Easter. I'm really looking forward to a second year of decorating for this holiday. Baby Holidays will be nearly a year old by then. I'll probably focus on the cherry tree and 'Moses' basket for decorations. More details to come as the time draws near.

Happy New Year!

Easter Bunny Cove Recap

Overall, I would deem my first outdoor Easter display a success.  With the area that I was allotted to decorate, I think I maximized the space as far as egg quantity, color distribution, and light coverage were concerned.  I was especially pleased with how well the eggs performed during some strong winds, and I particularly liked the effect of the solar ground lights.

Mother-in-Law Holidays was extremely generous to fund much of the project, as well as to host the inaugural display on her property. Father Holidays and Stepmother Holidays were generous to donate 12 fuzzy eggs as well.

I was excited to do some of the work with Baby Holidays looking on in his car seat. Next year, God willing, he should be walking and maybe even hanging an egg or two.

Of course, there's always room for improvement. For example, I was disappointed in the blue jars at night. While beautiful during the daylight hours, they did not shine enough at night. I think my error was the fact that I spray painted the jars with a satin finish, instead of a gloss finish. This made them more opaque. Lesson learned.  I was also disappointed in my photos, though this was largely due to an old camera.  However, this problem has now been rectified.

Finally, I'm hopeful that Mother-in-Law Holidays will allow me to enlarge my decorating radius next year. If I can spread some of the decorations to the front yard, in addition to the side yard, they will draw a greater number of eyes from two separate streets. This year was a trial run so to speak, and rightfully so. Hopefully, Easter Bunny Cove performed well enough to earn a promotion.

Easter Egg Trees

Couple of pics here.

Easter Decorations

From Oh for Joy!

One More Egg Each Year

Courtesy of Rowena Art. 

10,000 Easter Eggs

The famous Volker Kraft hung a record-breaking 10,000 Easter eggs from his tree this year. He started with only 18 back in 1965.

Story here.

New Hampshire Easter Egg Tree

Link with photo.

Easter Eve in the Cove

The camera flash doesn't quite do the light justice, but the Cove looked pretty magical with the solar powered lights, blue luminaries, and Bethlehem arbor lights aglow. The last two shots were particularly interesting. This ethereal mist began to appear as Baby Holidays and I were surveying the Cove. Was the Easter Bunny about to make his deliveries? Not sure, but I snapped a couple of quick pics and took off.

Hanging Eggs

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Eggs, Eggs, Everywhere

Work Weekend Update

Yesterday, Mrs. Holidays and Mother-in-Law Holidays kindly helped me string together over 90 eggs. I plan on doing some more work later today.  We took a couple of pics yesterday, and we will probably take one or two more today, then I'll post them all together.

In related news, Mother-in-Law Holidays hinted that she might allow me to start decorating outside a few days before the 25th, which would be very exciting.  Also, I have decided to forgo decorating the cherry tree in the front yard, and will instead turn my focus to an adjacent wooden arbor & surrounding foliage. After much thought and consultation with Mother-in-Law Holidays, I just don't think the cherry tree is a practical option.

So, for this year, it will be an Easter Egg Arbor instead of an Easter Egg Tree. Stay tuned.

Easter-Gram

Received an Easter-Gram from the Western Kingdom today.  Do these legged-eggs remind you of anyone?

Shades of Easter

Courtesy of eatonvillenews.net

93 eggs and Cadbury cream eggs

Yesterday, Mrs. Holidays, PWIW Holidays, Mother-in-Law Holidays, and I went to a local Goodwill store. It was a fantastic shop, filled with books, clothes, videos, and even a little bit of Easter decor. After perusing the Easter decorations, I decided on 52 multi-colored plastic eggs, which Mother-in-Law Holidays, aka CFO Holidays, kindly bought on my behalf. So now, I'm up to 93 eggs and on the march toward at least 100 for the Egg Tree.

Upon arriving back at the CFO's house, I was pleased to see 4 Cadbury Creme Eggs waiting on the kitchen table for me. The question is, 'Who put them there'? A topic for an upcoming post.

Trip to Michaels and a new Valentine's Day decoration sighting

Mrs. Holidays, PWIW Holidays, and I stopped by Michaels to see if any new Easter decorations had arrived. There were a few, new knick-knacks. Two bundles of plastic eggs wrapped in netting caught my eye in particular. I may buy them, but I or Mother-in-Law Holidays will check back with the Goodwill store first, where she purchased 39 plastic eggs at a great price a few weeks ago. Either way, I'm planning to scatter a bunch of plastic eggs underneath the Egg Tree and surrounding bushes when the time comes.

Also, last night, while I was doing my usual 45 minute walk in the neighborhood, I noticed another house with Valentine's Day decorations. This house had a big heart wreath hanging on its front door. Seems like I'm seeing more Valentine's Day decorations out this year. Perhaps it's a promising sign for Easter.

Easter preparations have begun

Last week, Mother-in-law Holidays, aka "CFO" of holiday operations, generously purchased three dozen plastic eggs of various colors, a bunch of battery-operated tea lights, and three large plastic eggs with designs on the exterior. I will be hanging these plastic eggs on an outdoor cherry tree, which I plan on converting into an Easter Egg Tree come late March.

Today, Mrs. Holidays, Pee Wee-in-the-womb Holidays, the CFO, and I took a trip to a local Michaels in order to scope out the nascent Easter decorations. We saw a lot of neat things, and I may have even spotted a potential door sign for Grandmother Holidays. I ended up purchasing a plastic egg garland that could accent a basket under the Easter Egg Tree.

I took a couple of quick pics of the garland and the large plastic eggs. I'm thinking tea lights strategically placed in a few eggs might make for a luminous touch on one of the last nights leading up to Easter. But, we'll have to wait and see. It's still very early in the planning stages.

...66 days till decorating begins.