The White Easter

I remember this particular Easter as "White Easter" because it was the year that all of the flowers used to decorate the house were white. There were white lilies, white hydrangea, and even white iris had blossomed very early in the garden.

My husband and children had purchased the flowers earlier than usual, so, by the time
Easter rolled around, some of the petals were not as crisp.

Above is the Holy Week Devotional from that year.

I displayed a few of my older porcelain pieces that are white.

These white lilies bloomed early that Easter.

Here are the gorgeous hydrangea that I received a week prior to Easter that year.

close-up of the hydrangea in a polka-dot pitcher.

Easter Jonquils from 2014

My children decorated our home for Easter very early in the morning. This is one of our
family traditions. 

Jonquils or daffodils are some of their favorite flowers.

Jonquils are some of the very first flowers to blossom in the early spring. Most of our neighbors
 grow them beneath their shrubs and in planting beds around their homes.

My girls decorated the center of our Easter table with graphic postcards, white candles, large shells and chocolates.

Before plates, silverware, and goblets are added to the table, a runner is arranged down the
center of the table.

More close-ups of daffodils.

My Children's Easter Decorations from 2017

Coral colored floral bouquet with baby's breath. Speckled lavender, white and yellow Easter
 eggs, on top of a pale yellow table cloth.

The Easter cake decorated with just bit of splatter, edible Easter grass and chocolate eggs.

A close-up of the Easter basket, bisque porcelain egg box and milk glass vase.

The girls used a bit of butterfly figured wrapping paper to create a table runner.

Close-up photo of our Easter flowers.

A fake feathered chic and speckled eggs resting in pink and lavender Easter grass.

More Spring flowers at the guest tables.

"He Is Risen" Easter, strawberry baskets loaded with candy eggs and chocolate shaped carrots.

Vintage Digital Papers in Shades of Green

       Visitors here may craft many lovely cards, scrapbook pages and other paper creations from the following digital printed papers. I have restored five green designs including all sorts of floral and fauna motifs from 1953. Enjoy! For personal use only.

"Field of Flowers" digital paper

Sampler for pinning only.

Visitors here may craft many lovely cards, scrapbook pages and other paper creations from the following digital printed papers. I designed five color variations from an vintage print of flowers. Enjoy! For personal use only.

"Field of Flowers" in green.

"Field of Flowers" in lavender.

"Field of Flowers" in mango.

"Field of Flowers" in raspberry.

"Field of Flowers" in teal.

The Crescent And The Cross

THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS

BY THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

Kind was my friend who, in the Eastern land,

Remembered me with such a gracious hand,

And sent this Moorish Crescent, which has been

Worn on the haughty bosom of a queen.

No more it sinks and rises in unrest

To the soft music of her heathen breast;

No barbarous chief shall bow before it more,

No turban'd slave shall envy and adore.

I place beside this relic of the Sun

A Cross of cedar brought from Lebanon,

Once borne, perchance, by some pale monk who trod

The desert to Jerusalem - and his God !

Here do they lie, two symbols of two creeds,

Each meaning something to our human needs;

Both stained with blood, and sacred made by faith,

By tears and prayers, and martyrdom and death.

That for the Moslem is, but this for me!

The waning Crescent lacks divinity:

It gives me dreams of battles, and the woes

Of women shut in dim seraglios.

But when this Cross of simple wood I see,

The Star of Bethlehem shines again for me,

And glorious visions break upon my gloom -

The patient Christ, and Mary at the tomb.

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