As much as we need the rain, I was a little sad for my daughter, this morning. The Bunny's work may be hindered by this moist reminder that this is Spring and rain can happen. We are getting ready to head Down The Hill to Cameron Park, in a couple of hours, to witness Syd's first real egg hunt with her 7 year old brother, who will be thoughtful and wonderful to her, I just know.
The Daughter and Stoop Crinkletoe took our granddaughter to the El Dorado Hills egg hunt, for the fun of it but when I heard the age ranges for the "little kids" hunt, I just knew that the little one would come up short. Toddlers to seven. REALLY? Hordes of greedy school age kids swooping in to grab everything in sight, when Toddlers are just missing the experience. Hmmm...no fair.
No worries, she will have fun today! As promised, I made a batch of the old fashioned sugar cookie dough (the kind that uses powdered sugar) and will take it down to the festivities, so that the kids can have the fun of rolling the dough and cutting out easter shaped cookies. It is the simple things that make life fun and I am so glad that my daughter thought of it. We made cookies together a LOT when she and her brother were young and have photos of the craziness that ensued during decorating times. (I especially love the ones with pastry tube tips over our eyes.)
To those who celebrate Easter as a religious holiday, I wish you peace and renewal.
To those who celebrate as I do, with the rites of Spring and Mother Earth, I wish you Peace and Renewal, as the trees and dormant plants wake up and the Spring Peepers chirp their froggie songs. The longer days make me happy and this year I have so much for which I am grateful. I have loved seeing the photos of all of the lamb and kid births from my friends on the internet and celebrate this new life with them.
It makes me wish that mankind could celebrate our world and the seasons again, because if we all did, we would see the need to care for our Mother Earth. When you live in and on concrete, I guess that you lose touch with why we must take care of the soil. Here, where we are in the middle of nature, we are grateful for the rain that refreshes the creeks and our water that comes from underground. We celebrate an abundant conifer seed year, keeping the songbirds and squirrels cavorting through our forest canopy. I celebrate the return of the warm sun, to help the plants grow in my little veggie garden and I celebrate the happiness of my dogs when they run and run and run.
Hoppy Bunny Day, everyone. Peace Be With You.
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