{"id":386,"date":"2007-04-09T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-09T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/?p=386"},"modified":"2007-04-09T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-09T15:01:00","slug":"happy-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2007\/04\/happy-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>As I sit contemplating the events of the last three days, I am left with feelings of contentment resulting from a perfect weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Easter and Spring are synonymous&#8211;this time of year is one celebration of life and new beginnings. Friday and Saturday were perfect spring days&#8211;warm and sunny. I spent Friday doing what I enjoy most&#8211;quilting. Joey and I spent the day in the studio with the windows open.<\/p>\n<p>I also changed my display quilts to something more appropriate for the season&#8211;a little late this year, but the weather has not made it feel much like spring. There are two locations in my house where I try to change the quilts with the seasons. These first two pictures are the quilts that currently hang in the front entrance.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/RhpNWvDKVXI\/AAAAAAAAAhI\/GBzKGrwd0ow\/s400\/Easter+2007+006.jpg\" border=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/RhpNlfDKVYI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/TPcdYB9Zu3A\/s400\/Easter+2007+005.jpg\" border=\"0\">This is the dining room decorated with Spring \/ Easter quilts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/RhpNWPDKVWI\/AAAAAAAAAhA\/eEdcQHlEhDI\/s400\/Easter+2007+003.jpg\" border=\"0\"><br \/>The pleasant weather continued on Saturday and I couldn&#8217;t resist going outside. I spent some time pulling weeds and trimming the hydrangea. <\/p>\n<p>Sunday, Dana and I attended the Easter service at church with my parents. The Easter story is at the heart of Christianity. I struggled with the right words to capture my thoughts and then found Johnny Hart&#8217;s BC Easter cartoon. Sometimes a picture DOES say more than a thousand words!<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/RhpXAPDKVaI\/AAAAAAAAAhg\/xaJujeo3oYE\/s400\/BC4-11-04.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>No holiday would be complete without family. We finished the day around the dining room table enjoying another wonderful family meal with everyone present&#8211;Grandpa and Grandma (my parents), Harold, myself, Matt, Miranda, Dana, and Dusty. We enjoyed barbecued salmon, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, orange fluff (salad), peas, corn, and baking for desert.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a generous distribution of chocolate and Easter candy supplied by a couple of Easter Bunny stand-ins.<\/p>\n<p>After everyone left, I spent the last few hours of the day in my studio finishing up the quilting on my Debbie Mumm Building Blocks Quilt. I won&#8217;t show you a picture yet as the threads still need to be tied off and buried inside the quilt. My quilts always look a little they need a hair cut when they are at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>So this weekend was about all the things that are important to me: my faith, my family, quilting, my faithful companion: Joey, great weather, new life, and of course chocolate!<\/p>\n<p>It is my hope that this weekend brought you an opportunity to enjoy those things that mean the most to you as well. Happy Easter to each of you!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/RhpNVvDKVVI\/AAAAAAAAAg4\/noSDPAQh5Cw\/s400\/Easter+2007+002.jpg\" border=\"0\">This bunny belongs to Dana. It was a gift from her great aunt and godmother. He is animated and plays the song, Rockin&#8217; Robbin with the chick filling the role of back-up singer as he pops out of the egg. Very cute!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I sit contemplating the events of the last three days, I am left with feelings of contentment resulting from a perfect weekend. Easter and Spring are synonymous&#8211;this time of year is one celebration of life and new beginnings. 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