Easter was a quiet time for my GKB and me.
As well as it being Easter quite a few people tack Otago Anniversary day onto the end which gives them a five day long weekend. Many head off for a holiday break and sadly there are usually a good number of accidents and deaths on the roads at this time of year.
On the Saturday we had an unusual visitor. A magpie! I haven't seen one for years, probably since the big tree they used to nest in a couple of sections over was chopped down about forty years ago. So it was a bit of a thrill to see this one, we didn't get too close though, just left him in peace to do his foraging for bugs. He hasn't been back since so our backyard can't have suited him as a pantry :)
I attended the Good Friday service at our church which was quiet and contemplative, a lovely service. Who knew our pastor could sing like that? Wow!
Sunday was a day of celebrating our risen Lord but I watched the morning service on live stream. We have a 25 minute drive to the other side of the city to attend in person. But Sunday night was a different story We had three adult baptisms happening and seeing as one was the son of a friend I wanted to be there for that. It was a wonderfully joyful service and the young folk who attend the evening service put on a lovely supper for everyone - and gave us goodie bags to take home!
For my four little people Easter had a different focus. Easter eggs.
Arlo had an Easter egg hunt at his grandmothers place. She only has a little garden but big enough to hide eggs for a four year old.
Alice and Sitiveni also had Easter baskets to fill, they had a hunt around their back yard and it was fun watching them looking so hard that they missed some right in front of their noses. I had a video of them hunting that I hoped to share but it refuses to load :)
Theo had a sleepover at his grandparents home over Easter as well.
And that is my round up of Easter.
Keep well,
until next time,
Diana
What a lovely Christian Easter you had. I haven't been to see a Baptism for years.
ReplyDeleteAll sounds like a wonderful family Easter.
ReplyDeleteYou had a lovely Easter day. We had a similar time with Good Friday services, Easter services and egg hunts for the little ones.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely Easter!!
ReplyDeleteWe have a 35 minute drive to our church, but very much worth the drive!!!
That's one thing I haven't seen in the South Island yet, Magpies, plenty in the north island and they are quite territorial when they have a nest around. To answer your question about takeaway food, yes we tried Cobden Takeaways when we first moved here 2 years ago and we were given half raw fish and uncooked chips, they have new owners now and from what I hear it hasn't gotten any better.
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