gimme down to there hair shoulder length or longer

[pensnest]

It has been a very beautiful Easter day. Cloudless sky, warm, lovely! Just right for an egg hunt, though we were careful to place the goodies to the north of their concealment, so as to stay in shadow. Melted Easter bunnies, not so much fun.

It's a struggle to get the day started, particularly for Beast, as he has to get his dad out of bed. Then I cooked an early lunch, stuffed roast chicken with roasted celeriac and boiled broccoli, followed by baked apples. After that it was making chorizo and cheese scone mixture, sorting out what needed to be on which cooking tray in which oven, and getting the outdoor table set up.

Boy, Bun and Bun's Chap arrived a little before two, and after getting chairs out of the summer house we let them loose on the egg hunt. BC was a bit startled at how cunningly things were hidden, but soon got the hang of it. They spent a good three quarters of an hour scouring the garden for goodies, then we sat down for tea and Stuff.

Bun had brought some lovely asparagus and prosciutto parcels. I provided salmon paté on toast, tiny sausage rolls, vegetable mini-muffins, and aforesaid cheese and chorizo scones, followed by carrot cake and tiffin.

And then, I cut my Boy's hair. He hasn't had the chance to get it cut professionally since before Christmas, and it was *very* long. And it is SO thick, amazing stuff. Nice and clean, but SO MUCH HAIR. Anyway, he has returned home shorn and much the better for it. I put a mighty fistful of hair below where the bird feeders are in the hope that one or two of them might like it for their nests. However, the two regular crows found it, and have been spreading it about the lawn in the hope of finding the dead creature which must, surely, be in the midst of it somewhere. Poor crows.

Comments

[ephemera]

I'm so glad that the weather held up for outdoor visiting - it sounds like a fine festive feast and a fantstic afternoon!

[pensnest]

It was lovely!

[frausorge]

That sounds like a delicious feast! Happy Easter.

[pensnest]

Very tasty indeed! Bun's asparagus and prosciutto wrapped in puff pastry were really good.

[dine]

what a very nice day! a chance to visit, and your meal sounds delicious

[pensnest]

So nice to actually *see* them, which I don't think we'd done in person since Christmas. Life is *so* weird right now.

[turps]

That sounds like a brilliant day, and I'm glad your trying week ended well.

[pensnest]

Well, in truth, FIL's evening made it a bit of a Marmite day, but the afternoon was lovely.

[corvidology]

Sounds like a lovely time and you can't fault the crows' logic. :D

[pensnest]

I felt quite sorry for the crows, who were waddling excitedly across the grass with great mouthfuls of it, only to be let down. I wonder if any birds did take some to make high-class nests with!

[rikes]

That sounds like a lovely garden party!

I'm sorry to hear that your FIL's dementia has taken such a rapid turn for the worse. It must be a difficult situation for all of you. *hugs*

[pensnest]

It was!

It's really difficult to figure out where we are with FIL, because he's so erratic. He slept on the floor downstairs on Sunday, but for most of yesterday was very with-it and lovely. Today—eh.

[brandywine28]

This honestly sounds like the perfect Easter Sunday.

[pensnest]

Considering the general rules applying to the world, it pretty much was!

[turlough]

It sounds like you'd a lovely Easter! I envy you the lovely weather. Our Easter was both cold and winy.