EASTER EVE

We always spend Easter dinner and afternoon with our daughter-in-law Allison's family. So tomorrow afternoon will be quite low key with folks not able to get together this spring due to social distancing. Still, I put out a few decorations. I didn't buy anything new; just used what I had, such as this green bunny, and handful of fake eggs, and a good scatter around Grandma Jobe's marble-top hutch.

Our friends Tom and Char gifted me with this beautiful tray a couple years ago. There's a bird painted on it, but for Easter, I scattered the rest of the fake eggs and dug a summer fake plant from the shelf. I like it.

Sister-in-law Jeannie sent the pretty rabbit Easter card and the Jesus one is handmade (those are REAL violets!) by friend Debbie McCray. It was sent after I lost my brother, Tim.

Aw, the nice thing about perennials. They never let us down. I didn't plant this cluster of tulips but for 22 years they return every spring.

I've had this peony wreath for probably 20 years. I ordered it from the Current stationery and novelty catalog. I remain impressed with how realistic Indiana's State Flowers look after all this time, how authentic the leaves, and how much I still enjoy this wreath either encircling a candle (this spring it's on the kitchen table) or hanging from a door or wall. Happy Easter everyone! Remember, we have every reason for celebration because the tomb is still empty!