April 12, 2007
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Our Easter 2007_LE
Our Easter was spent with my sister in Rockford, Illinois. As usual, a lot of good food and a traditional colored egg for each of us. Our total visit was short, only 2 days but it was good. The temps were cooler, not feeling at all like Spring. We watched Jesus of Nazareth, a lot of programming on the History channel and I came home to watch Mel Gibson’s “The Passion”.
Our drive to Rockford was on the Winter, dark side. We left home with fat flakes of snow falling and drove North and West into the darker sky. The western side of the highway was very shaded showing no blossoms of color but the Eastern side of the road showed signs of color and Spring. It was a strange feeling as the atmosphere felt and appeared much more like Winter.
A few photos of our drive.
Snow clouds are all around us and snow falls lightly as we drive.
Later in the evening the day opens up.
I lightened this image to display the rural view.
A burst of light before the sun goes down
and I have a vision of Easter Bunnies.One Easter Egg in the basket at a time, we are seeing funds grow for Eden’s trip to the student leadership conference. If you would like to donate or see how things are going, follow the link on the butterfly.
To Purchase items for your own fund raising for an IB student, follow the link for by Geeks For Geeks in the animation below. All purchase at this site will also help Eden’s fund raising efforts.
Eden and Halie are going to attend “Displace Me” in Washington D.C. this April 28th. They are inviting other Xangans to attend with them. Read more on Halie’s site (Halie) and for more info, follow the Displace Me link as there are other cities included across the country that may be closer to your part of the world.
Wishing everyone a good week,
Becca
Comments (5)
I once watched a Midwest League playoff game in Rockford as storm clouds gathered and I looked nervously at the aluminum light poles that were attached to the aluminum bleachers on which I sat. But I lived through it.
ryc: It is a long, hard climb. A couple of months ago a friend mailed me a “Junior Scholastic” magazine from 1972 all about “The Troubles.” It already seemed so long and dispiriting in the writing then. I think we all imagined that this could not possibly stretch to the 21st Century. But all we can do is keep trying.
” The Passion Of The Christ ” was shown here on Easter Sunday so I didn’t watch it as I had celebrated the Risen Christ at church in the morning ! The weather was lovely here, very spring-like.
Marie
‘love the sky-photos and WOW! your grand-daughter is growing up to be a real beauty!
The last image with Eden gives the feeling that Eden is always on your mind. It’s surprising to see it there, but meaningful.