If You Want to Make an Omelet…

…you have to break a few eggs.  Fortunately we weren’t making omelets, we were dying eggs.  We tried something new this year.  We used Kool-Aid to dye the eggs this year.  There were plenty of flavors and colors.  Over all I was unimpressed with the resultsbut this one was about my favorite.  Only our youngest was searching for eggs this year.  My son helped me hide the eggswhile Gabby happily found them and told me if we did a good job hiding each one or not.  Some eggs were plastic and filled with treats while others were just dyed eggs.  Either way it was a bucket load of eggs.

 

Now the holiday is past, my dear wife just had her birthday and this morning bright and early she left for California for a bridal shower with her friend from work.  I feel kind of deflated…I already miss her.  The sun rise comforts me…maybe this is where the proverbial egg gets broken.  If Love didn’t go this morning I’d have never seen it.  She’ll be back in four days so I’ll pull close to the kids and take in the comfort God has to offer.  Watching this black bird bribe his mate with nesting material made me thinkabsence truly does make the heart grow fonder.

Spring, Sprang, Sprung

I was beginning to think the season would never act its age.  Finally we approach Easter with a day in the 70s predicted.  The blood moon behind us now (three more to go) we push onto the days ahead.  I’ve seen an eclipse like that…it was awesome but now it’s the warm sunshine I long to see.  The light looks more spring-like now but the warmth has been slow to bleed through.  There’s a magic to this time of year like no other.  Robins are birds some would call simple but I love them.  The sunset’s red glare really capitalized this one.  What isn’t hopeful about this?  The buds are springing to life now too.  Dare we hope no for snow to be done now for a while?  Whatever may come…hope springs eternal.

Short and Sweet

One of my favorite things about spring is the lengthening days.  Give me more sunlight any day!  The light these days has an almost surreal tint.  The sun kisses the treetops and sky in a way that makes me feel like I’m in a wonderland of sorts.  No wonder they call this Big Sky country!  We often burn candles to memorialize people or events.  The sun ignites the tree tops to remind us of spring’s welcome entrance!

A Chilly Beginning

We’ve had a cold start to spring.  Some people are considering warm weather treats like pop-sickles while we’re still experiencing ice-sickles…perhaps I should pluck them off and dip them in fruit juice.  Some are feelings the tender embrace of spring…me…well, I’m still sitting with old man winter.  The bright side is that this path is still heading toward spring though it may not look much like it yet.  The weather serves up icy dishes stillbut I see a break in it through the eyes of faith.  Lift up your head, the breakthrough is closer than when we first believed!