I'll miss for the rest of my days the Easter tradition my late mother-in-law instilled in us, the palm leaf cross.
A simple thing. A cross made from a palm leaf. They were often made in the weeks leading up to Easter so that by the time we were given one, it was dry, and brown.
I still have the last one she gave me.
For us tomorrow will hold fond memories as we gather our tiny family for brunch, and have our traditional Easter egg hunt. Whatever your traditions, however you celebrate, enjoy enjoy enjoy!!!
For some extra fun, do see Miss. Vanessa's delightful egg pdf, print one off and make your own elfin eggs! We did, and Miss. V linked our photos to her post. Go see! We had such fun.....Right HERE!
Look what this amazing TWELVE year old is doing with her camera.
Happy Easter. Those cupcakes below look yummy.
Posted by: KITTEN | April 11, 2009 at 05:54 PM
Um, Happy Easter. Whoever you are.
:)
Posted by: Gillian daSilva | April 11, 2009 at 05:58 PM
Happy Easter to you and your family! The eggs look so cute.
Posted by: Janet | April 11, 2009 at 08:44 PM
Gillian wishing you the very best Easter ever!
Posted by: Yoli | April 11, 2009 at 09:09 PM
She sounds like a beautiful woman. She will look down on you, especially tomorrow. I have my palm cross above Guadalupe's picture. ; ) I will think of you when I look at it tonight. ; )
xo
Posted by: Christina | April 11, 2009 at 09:46 PM
That shot of the eggs is just gorgeous! Happy Easter to you!
Posted by: Grey Street Girl | April 12, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Gillian,
Have a wonderful Easter. What a lovely tradition your mom gave you.
BTW, did you receive the jam OK?
Posted by: Marilyn | April 12, 2009 at 12:22 AM
hope have a great Taster :o) T
Posted by: tony | April 12, 2009 at 01:35 AM
Easter even (note to self watch which keys I strike)
Posted by: tony | April 12, 2009 at 01:38 AM
Happy Easter to you and your family Gillian!!
Nice post. You have a creative family!
Have a wonderful time today.
Enjoy every minute of it!!
With love,
your friend,
Constance
Posted by: Rochambeau | April 12, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Happy Easter, dearest Gill! Love these Easter traditions. Your girls did a great job with the egg decorations. xoxox
Posted by: Tara Bradford | April 12, 2009 at 12:21 PM
what a sweet story about the palm crosses. i remember the palm leaves with fondness also. how wonderful you still have the last one your mother in law gave you to always remember her. :)
and holy cow! willow's photography stream! is she really only 12? so wise and talented. how on earth did you ever find her?
hope your easter was wonderful!
xo
Posted by: dawn | April 13, 2009 at 03:16 PM
Hope you had a Happy Easter...and your Vanessa inspired eggs are beautiful!
x..x
Posted by: stephanie | April 13, 2009 at 03:27 PM
Oh! Those eggs are works on art. I love it. I wonder if Sloane would like to do that for next year? We always try to do a different kind of egg each year. This year, it was glitter eggs. Fun, but we are still all wearing glitter on our faces and hands.
Posted by: Relyn | April 14, 2009 at 11:57 AM
The glitter gets everywhere! Days later we see a sparkle on a cheek.
Posted by: Gillian daSilva | April 14, 2009 at 12:03 PM