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Easter Party ~2012 (with web album)

A few pictures from the Easter party . . .

 if you'd like to see a lot more, the web album is HERE.

 

 

 

 

A Very Full Day . . .

From early morning Easter baskets for the visiting great nephews . . .

To an egg hunt for the two still-in-their jammies little boys . . .

 

 

to the big party down at the lower place . . .

 

and three more egg hunts for different age groups . . .

 

 

And lots of fun on a beautiful day . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A good time was had by all.

These were somewhat random photos. 
I'll be putting together a web album of the party later in the week
 and will post the link here on the blog 

 

Easter Wishes

 Whether you celebrate Easter as a Christian holiday or as a celebration of Spring's return, (or Autumn's, for you all in the Southern Hemisphere,). or don't celebrate it at all, may this day be a perfect one for you.

Easter weekend is always a big one here at the farm. Family and friends began gathering Friday and we celebrated Justin and Claui's engagement (again) that night.

Yesterday the barn got decorated, the pork got cooked , and even more friends arrived.  And there was more food and more celebration. 

And today is the actual Easter party and annual egg hunt..  All of which is to explain why I haven't been round visiting.

I'll share pictures of the party (s)  later. . . 

 Meanwhile, Happy Easter, Passover, Spring, Autumn to you, every one!

 

About Those Quilts

Star asked, concerning my Easter party pictures: "Did you make all the quilts yourself? and why do you hang them up on this occasion? Is it significant or just a form of decoration for the walls of the barn?"

The tradition of hanging up quilts at our Easter party began back in the 80's  when our community of friends was in something of a quilt-making frenzy. We were cranking out group-made friendship and wedding and baby quilts for each other at a great pace and the Easter party was a perfect opportunity to show off what we'd been stitching the previous year.

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Community Quilts, the book a friend and I co-authored, tells the story of the quilts.

As time went on, the quilt making slowed. Not so many babies and lots more distractions to keep us from quilting. But we'd gotten used to seeing quilts up at Easter -- they're a nostalgia trip and they make the woodworking shop look festive.

Most years there are one or two new quilts on display -- some of the children who once received baby quilts are getting wedding quilts and grandchildren are beginning to arrive -- meaning more baby quilts.

These days, the quilts tend to be a mix of our community quilts -- old and new, antique family quilts, collected quilts, solo quilts I or my friends have made, and even (blush) a few store-bought quilts from China. (There's one in the background of the first picture.)  

Folks say it's like seeing an old friend when we hang a quilt we all worked on twenty or so years ago.

Our friend Bob (the original of Doc Adams in the Elizabeth Goodweather books) always comes over Saturday afternoon to deal with the fiddly job of hanging the quilts.

Quilts at the Easter party -- part of the tradition, just like the barbecued pork and the egg hunt.

These pictures are from several Easters -- not just the most recent.