Spring!

 Creeping green mist over the fields

(the green on th trees still is only moss)

Spring rains offering wild beauty:

Misty hills, jewel drops on twigs

Tulip leaves piercing up through leftover Fall leaves

Crocuses reaching up to yell loud yellow and purple joy to the sun

Crinkly dark green and purple leaves

Unfolding close to the ground

Sounds of rain in the gutters

Robins and phesants (mostly) in the grass

Peepers loud and numerous in the pond

Cries of delight as we discover yet another growing thing

A few other spring things:

Another week of a borrowed dog to train for Jasmin's course

Jasmin and Aiden in full tilt year end study crunch

Took time one evening to catch our stubbornly resident porcupine - without quill adventures this time!

And news that our summer travels will begin 6 weeks earlier than expected:

An in-town move prompted by our house requisitioned for a movie!

He is Risen!

Lenten Sundays fasting then -

Palm-sized sundaes for Palm Sunday

A once tried and loved edible pun

Thursday Tenebrae

Ten candles, songs, and readings

Walking us from palm waving to His death

Friday evening Passover

A special meal with a neighbour

Introducing and commemorating

the true meaning of Easter weekend

Easter service on Saturday evening

Making room in the church for Easter attendees

Rejoicing in resurrection power

And those who are newly resurrected

Despite the oddness of evening Easter

 

Easter Day celebrations with family

An "Emmaus walk" -

Only we didn't walk because of rain

Instead broke bread together (fondue!)

And worked our way 

Through the post-resurrection story

Yet another format of celebration

Traditions and hopes

Bent by locale -

Breakfast on a Nova Scotian beach in April?!

And yet woven throughout

Looking different but carrying meaning and continutity

All the same proclaiming - He is Risen Indeed!