The challenge came out Friday but this day is Saturday night til Sunday night- Easter! Not an ordinary day.

Painting Sock Monkey Ties for the Boys

Jack Sporting His Tie

Easter Vigil Bonfire at St. Patrick’s

Camping with the Girls on the Floor

Farm Eggs from Ottomanelli’s NYC

Fresh Bacon from Mom Wilson’s

It’s a Sock Monkey Breakfast

Anna and her Sock Monkey Take a Ride

Maura on the swing

Aunt Lala helps color eggs

Michael dyes one of his eggs blue

Erika helps with the white crayon

Donald cooked ham, sweet potatoes, garlic green beans

Pulled over on Interstate 70 on the way home

Ohio Flag is a different shape- Ohio Rest Stop

Day is Done, Gone the Sun. Looked like a field from a Millet painting
April 1, 2013 | Categories: Photography | Tags: a day in the life, arts, bacon, Easter, family, farm eggs, food, Mom Wilson's, ohio, Ottomanelli, Pittsburgh, postaday, sock monkey, travel, weekly photo challenge | 15 Comments »

Eataly Display


Woman on Cell Phone Carrying a Tulip

The Biggest Box of Chocolates I’ve Seen


Godiva Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Rockefeller Center Chocolates

Plantings About to Bloom on Fifth Avenue

Unusual Flavors at Gourmet Garage



Balloons and Toys
March 31, 2013 | Categories: Photography | Tags: balloons, box of chocolates, chocolate, Chocolate beef jerky, chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate rabbits, Easter, Easter eggs, Eataly, ice cream truck, Mister Softee, New York City, postaday, sock monkey, toys | 9 Comments »

A bit too much sunlight on the eggs but they were a reddish color.
My sister made these beautiful colored eggs. She peeled the paper skins off a mesh bag of yellow onions, down to the onion part. Boiled the eggs and skins together slowly for a long time. The eggshells became a rich reddish color. After the dinner on Monday we played the egg game, trying to crack the other person’s egg with yours. Fredi suggested using the smaller tip like a torpedo. His coaching worked for me and my egg was the winner, although the other guests might have felt it fixed, with the hostess’s sister winning! You win if your egg remains uncracked at the end of the game. Mary said it had Armenian and Greek roots (the egg game.) A competitive group!
April 22, 2011 | Categories: Cooking and Eating, Photography | Tags: colored eggs, Easter, Easter eggs, egg game, eggs dyed with onion skins, onion skins, onions, postaday2011, yellow onions | 9 Comments »
Concentration. Stirring the egg in the food coloring. Turning it carefully so it doesn’t break. Afternoon light through the front windows. Anna dyes a violet one. 
April 4, 2010 | Categories: photo of the day | Tags: available light, childhood, coloring eggs, Columbus OH, Easter, egg, kitchen, light, memories, photo of the day, photography, Pittsburgh | 9 Comments »
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