Well, since it's Easter season, my last little story will be about Easter as I remember it when I was a girl. The house on Eureka was just two bedrooms, a bathroom, living room and a kitchen. For those who don't remember the kitchen was where the dining room is now. Going out the back door there door there were cement steps. And at the bottom and off to the side of these steps is where we put our Easter nests. There were many beautiful spring wild flowers in our yard and next door. At that time there were still many vacant lots. So there was no shortage of beautiful wild flowers, from the pale pink of buttercups and many blues especially bluebonnets to several different purple and some bright yellow. Well we would collect any of the flowers we wanted to make an Easter nest. You formed the nest by placing flowers in a circle with the blooms facing out and the stems in. To this day I can't picture anything more beautiful at Easter. If the weather was bad we put our nests just inside the back door and even had our Easter egg hunt inside. We always dyed eggs on Saturday. Mama loved Easter and she could come up with the most beautiful colors on her eggs. Then we rubbed shortening on the eggs and the shine seemed to brighten the colors. Mama made baskets for us out of oatmeal boxes. On Easter morning there were eggs and candy in our nests and eggs hidden all around the back yard. Also, Mama sewed all the girls a beautiful new dress and shirts for the boys. I remember singing the old song"In Your Easter Bonnet". And in the fifties we did wear them. So on Easter everything felt colorful and cheery. We hunted eggs, ate a few for breakfast and then went to church. What could be more perfect? A beautiful morning topped off with the celebration of our Lord's Resurrection. He blessed us then and He continues to bless us all today.
I pray you all have, or if this is printed after April 8th, had a beautiful and blessed Easter.
Love,
Janie
