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Snowbunnies add a festive touch to the kitchen shelves and windowsills in early spring. With pansies in the windowboxes outside as a backdrop, the Snowbunnies on the sills are especially festive.
Egg-cellent Endeavors
The egg is the eternal and quintessential symbol of springtime. Here are some of our favorite egg crafts using blown eggs. Blowing an egg is very easy and creates an empty palette to do many things with.
Ukrainian Easter Eggs
I've always wanted to try my hand at making Ukrainian Easter eggs. The process is a fascinating one as the design is created by using a special tool designed to hold beeswax and is heated by a candle.
Easter Cookie Pots
To do something a little different for Easter, we grew pots of rye grass and then inserted sugar cookies that we baked on bamboo skewers into the pots to create a "blooming pot of flowers" for sprigntime.
Outside, the air is cold and crisp, and the trees rest silently in their slumber against snow-laden hills. The family busily gathers evergreens in the countryside and places them atop a giant log that’s tugged on a long journey home. Inside, the air is incensed with gingerbread and freshly cut evergreen. Father places the Yule log on the hearth and soon a roaring fire begins to crackle.
