We tweaked our traditions a bit this year. Alex and I have been doing baskets for each other for 29 years. And cleaning up green kitty burps for days afterward every year. So I suggested not doing baskets this year and using our little collection of glass baskets instead. After all, they just sit on the sideboard getting dusty all the time. Better we should use them! Alex grumbled a bit but went along with it.
But when I said I didn't feel like coloring eggs this year poor old traditional Alex positively balked. Seventy year old Scots are verra gude at balking! He went right out and bought more eggs and a coloring kit. A new kind that uses liquid coloring and little sponges and makes a very colorful mess. He did a lovely job and I was very proud of him. A new tradition is born!
The Easter Bunny did us proud with all the empty glass baskets, for they were all filled with goodies this morning. Have a look!
This is one end of the table...
and this is the other.
This is a fun dish we use every year.
These are Alex's beautiful Easter eggs in a lovely Fenton glass dish he found at our annual Peddler's Faire.
This is a better look at the first 3 glass baskets. The one on the right has little silver roses where the handle attaches to the basket and the roses are signed. This is the first glass basket Alex gave me and it came from Macys years ago.
The middle basket is Fenton "Hobnail" and was found at Peddler's Faire.
The left basket is another from Peddler's Faire. I think it is Fenton but not positive. It is filled with what is now known as "hiding" eggs, which is what I grew up with and they get harder to find every year. My Mom is particularly fond of them too and, just before she went home, I spied her stashing a few in her pockets while everyone else was heading for the front door. I nearly died trying not to laugh! I would love to sneak into her house one Easter and hide eggs all over the place for her to find, like when I was a kid. She would love it!
This is a better look at the other 3 baskets. The one on the right is Fenton and a match for the dish with the painted eggs.
The one on the left is a little "cut" crystal (actually molded but very pretty) basket from... you guessed it, the Peddler's Faire.
And the green one in the middle is my favorite, another signed original from Macys. Last year the handle was broken off at the edge of the basket on both sides by felons (feline) unknown. Hooray for super glue!
This tall slender one arrived one Christmas, filled with cashews but not for long. *grin* Santa's helper confided that it might have come from a local collectibles shop. I don't remember if it is signed.
Well, that was a full day and night! I'm off to bed. Nighty night!
