Eggy Art...

Did you "do" Easter eggs this weekend? We hadn't really intended to, but when Wynne (the artsy artist on the left) and Bridge (the artsy attorney on the right) came up for Easter, there really was NO choice.

In our usual way, it turned into a MUCH bigger deal than one might imagine. First, I had plenty of our neighbor's fresh BROWN eggs, but, as you know, they don't dye the best so we had to get white (very inferior) ones at the market. Then we didn't have "egg dippers" so we had to find some wire and make our own. That then lead to the creation of the egg holder/art piece in photo. It made a GREAT table centerpiece as you could see through it. Once we get by the egg thing, perhaps red balls at Christmas? It's on its way to Seattle so we'll expect a full report at the end of the year.

And of course there was the issue of what to use to dye the eggs. Martha Stewart Living had just had an article on natural dyes so we went for that. Our review... the turmeric worked the best making a pale yellow (squint and you might see a blush of yellow on some of the eggs). The "pink" from the canned beets was, well, subtle - perhaps we needed beets WITH skins? And the coffee? - we might as well have used the brown eggs au natural. Bottom line - it was a great way to spend a cold, snowy Saturday and lots of FUN!! (plus I certainly had more to write about!)