PEAR TREE LOG

pear tree log: I started this blog to keep my younger son, Jonny, in touch with life in Lincolnshire, while he spent a year working in China. That year turned into five! Now he is home and training to become a physics teacher. This is simply a patchwork quilt of some of the things I enjoy - life in rural Lincolnshire, our animals, friends, architecture, books, the gardens, and things of passing interest.



Sunday, 8 April 2012

Hunting for Easter Eggs

George and I walked around the woodland, carefully placing small chocolate eggs into the nooks and crannies of trees - trying to create a mental map of where we had left them! 
Then we knocked on Harry's kitchen door and invited him to come for an Easter Egg hunt in the wood - an Easter Egg hunt with a difference, because these eggs had been left by the friendly dragons who live in the wood.
Toby, the hens and Bennie joined in, alas, I couldn't get them all in the one shot.
Francesca had a good old chortle and enjoyed the sensation of being outside in a slight breeze, watching the tree branches sway gently.  Next year we shall have to colour code the eggs,
pink is currently Harry's favourite colour, so Francesca may have to have the blue ones...
The final egg was a huge golden egg, carefully placed on Harry's woodland throne.

Afterwards Harry presented George and I with two beautifully painted and embellished hard boiled Easter Eggs, plus a couple of his chocolate bounty eggs.

This was no mere choc-fest,  throughout the week Harry has been demonstrating his knowledge of the festival of Easter.
For a not-quite-4-year old he was brilliant.
He deserved his fun in the woods.

So there you are, Jonny.  That is what we got up to today.  I hope you enjoyed it.
Love,
Mum
xxx

26 comments:

  1. What lovely fun with the Easter Egg hunt and I liked Harry’s woodland throne-wouldn’t mind one of those myself!!

    Happy Easter to you all!

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    1. Hi Green Dragonette, The throne is due to be 'adjusted' now that Harry has grown so much; the seat area is becoming quite snug! We had a great time setting it up - probably as much fun as Harry had doing the hunt - but then the older we get the more easily George and I are amused.

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  2. A lovelyl day for everyone. Thanks for sharing, especially Harry's beautiful golden egg!.

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    1. Hi Joanne, We had a lovely time - and Harry was thrilled to get the quantity of little eggs, but then he saw the large egg...

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  3. Happy Easter, dear Elaine!...It looks like you all had lots of fun hunting for the eggs, especially little Harry. Beautiful pics! Have a lovely day.

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    1. Hello Heidi, Happy Easter! Harry really enjoyed himself and I must admit so did we! It was very simple, but great fun.

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  4. What a sweet way to celebrate Easter morning with your little Harry and animal friends. I'm surprised to learn that dragons also leave Easter eggs--maybe they only do that in England. Come to think of it, we probably don't have dragons around here...more's the pity!

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    1. Hello Ms Sparrow, Dragons leave the nicest Easter eggs in the oddest of places. I hope you are having a lovely weekend!

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  5. Love your photos Elaine. Sounds like you all had a special day.

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    1. Hi Molly, We had a really nice time. I hope you are enjoying your weekend too.

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  6. What fun! Even though you didn't get photos, I love the idea of the chickens and Bennie joining the fun. (And what a wonderful memory Harry will have.)

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    1. Hi Janet, I'm sure you are right - Harry will have some good memories of his grandparents and their menagerie! One of the things I love about getting older is that I feel free do do dottier things and enjoy them.

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    1. Hi Maribel, Feliz Pascua! Happy Easter.

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  8. So sweet! A very happy Easter to you all!
    -Jaime

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    1. Hi Jaime, Thank you. I hope you have enjoyed your Easter celebrations too!

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  9. Dear Elaine,
    Wonderful! Lovely blog; I've just found you, and am now following ~ ♥♥
    Best,
    Anne

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    1. Hi Anne, Welcome! It has been a wonderful weekend, I hope you have had fun too. I'll do some catch-up reading on your beautiful blog as soon as I have a chance.

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  10. Happy Easter to you and your family....What wonderful memories Harry will have of his egg hunt.

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    1. Hello Meggie, We all enjoyed ourselves, so I hope that is safely tucked into his memory bank. He is going off to stay with his other grandparents tonight, so he'll be having lots more fun. I hope you have enjoyed your Easter weekend too.

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  11. I'm so glad you started this blog for Jonny's sake. You fill your pages with such love and I'm grateful to be able to experience it. Your grandchidlren are gorgeous! Since Harry shows such an interest in the festival of Easter, you'll have to bring him to Sevilla next year to witness Semana Santa!

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    1. Hello Mitch, You do say the kindest things - and I love it. Semana Santa in Sevilla was an amazing festival - which I really appreciate you sharing with us. I imagine you will be glad to get back to a little bit of normality by now.

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  12. I am not a love of babies but she's adorble
    yes nice memories all around

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    1. Hello John, I really appreciate that - I know how you feel about younglings! I can't wait to see what those dragons who live in the wood will get up to on St George's Day, later this month!

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  13. Looks like a wonderful day... love the idea of the friendly dragons!

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  14. Hi Sheeps and Peeps, The dragons who live in the wood are all friendly, the naughty ones have all been turned to stone by Harry and his magic sword (a fallen twig).

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