Egg StaticPosted: Mar 20, 08 6:12pmI'm in an exotic land far from home visiting my relatives. It's actually a town about 200 miles from Houston, but for someone who just doesn't get out enough, it's like being on the other side of the world. The gang's all here and we are about to indulge in the ancient tradition of coloring Easter eggs for the upcoming holiday. I always thought that by this age, I'd have this particular bit of fundom behind me. For some reason, however, my family has never managed to let go of this tradition. Perhaps it's because my grandparents used to pride themselves on their psanky which is the art of batiking the eggs and creating very elaborate and beautiful designs. I never got into that particular form of creativity. Okay, I did for one year. I spent hours and hours and managed to wreck about twenty-five dollars worth of eggs. My time and energy resulted in one handmade egg that looked like it had been laid by a chicken on some heavy hallucinogens. Since then I've stuck to the old stand-by. Vinegar, food coloring and water. Sometimes I'd get the pills...one year we tried color shakers...I vaguely remember shaking one egg vigorously only to have it fly out and knock one of the cats unconscious. I remember years of stickers, sponges, crayons and shrinkables. One husband started the tradition of making a football egg, another always had to have one egg that was solid blue. I'm curious about what everyone else did with their eggs. Did you have a special way of designing them? Did your kids? Did your egg dying process ever kill anyone (or knock them out cold)? When it comes to eggs, I feel like I've done it all. Everything, that is, except this:  26 Comments
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Posted: Mar 20, 08 6:34pm I'm in an exotic land far from home visiting my relatives. It's actually a town about 200 miles from Houston, but for s...  so beautiful.... i am past the egg decorating tradition for a while at least. the most beautiful ones i've seen in recent years, were done by sweet little old ladies in croatia. (they wore babushkas and everything). wanted to bring a couple home, but was afraid the "sniffer dogs" at the airport in customs would rat me out. have fun coloring and decorating! Posted: Mar 20, 08 6:42pmI'm in an exotic land far from home visiting my relatives. It's actually a town about 200 miles from Houston, but for s... Well, I'm not sure of any place within 200 miles of Houston being exotic, but agree that it could be like being at the very edge of the world. One step further, and one plunges forever into blackness, I guess. Anyhow, I have a question. I've mainly bought eggs and marshmallow rabbits over the years, all for the purpose of personal consumption, not esthetics. When anyone answers your decorative egg question, could that someone wise me into the significance of having an Easter Bunny carrying the eggs in a basket? And, why eggs? Posted: Mar 20, 08 6:44pmI'm in an exotic land far from home visiting my relatives. It's actually a town about 200 miles from Houston, but for s... I've also done everything I know about eggs except lay them. The last time I went to Krakow, I visited a fascinating Museum. In Kaziemerz (sp?) Old Town Hall there is the largest collection of painted eggs in the world in the Ethnographic Museum, so I did a search for you Dear Pru. I was startled by the second picture more than the first, so I'll have to dig out the pics I took and scan them tomorrow to let you see the display. Meanwhile, this link gives a glimpse of the Easter Egg tradition in Poland: http://www.cracow-life.com/poland/krakow-easter-traditions Click on the pikanski word in blue above the first picture though, and there are some vivid pics shown there. See, I'm not just a daft old bat. Posted: Mar 20, 08 6:44pmWell, I'm not sure of any place within 200 miles of Houston being exotic, but agree that it could be like being at the v... Rabbits carry eggs. Chickens carry eggs. But which came first, the rabbit or the chicken? Posted: Mar 20, 08 9:14pmI've also done everything I know about eggs except lay them. The last time I went to Krakow, I visited a fascinating ... Of course you're not. Posted: Mar 20, 08 9:26pmI'm in an exotic land far from home visiting my relatives. It's actually a town about 200 miles from Houston, but for s... My granddaughters are coming over tomorrow night so their parents can have a date night. See, when your kids are grown, you have to recruit help for coloring the Easter eggs! That is where the grandchildren come in handy. Nothing fancy, I am sure, but the girls will have a great time and we'll get the job done. Grandpa will have to entertain the baby as she started crawling this week and will want to be in the middle of things. I don't think he'll mind too much! Posted: Mar 21, 08 5:14amMy granddaughters are coming over tomorrow night so their parents can have a date night. See, when your kids are grown,... Do you use the kits? I tried to eat one of those pills when they first came out. It was a green one. I wouldn't advise trying it. If one of the grandkids is tempted, I hope they try one of the other colors. | ADVERTISEMENT  |
