Good Morning Easter Sunday 9th April 2023

Hallelujah, He is risen. Happy Easter ✝️ one and all.
A very quiet day yesterday. A call from DD, on her way to the service of light, at sunset. We sorted out a few things before they come tonight.
She asked whether I needed her during packing, I replied that it depended on how emotional I was. The last house emptying was Philip’s - very, very hard then.
I’ve been invited to Easter turkey tonight at my dog walking friends’. As it is an entirely family affair, I feed very touched to be asked.
I hope you have a blessed day. Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩❤️🦩

Good morning from a calm Torbay.

Yesterday's sunshine encouraged me to walk over the Downs where I sat and read the paper for a while. Today, I'm being visited by DD, DSiL, DGS2 and DGD who are staying with DD's father. I’ve booked to take them out for lunch at The Babbacombe Inn so I hope we have fine weather for our walk there.

Last night, I watched Easter at Kings which included some beautiful pieces of choral music, a few of which I had sung in the past. One little chorister could barely see over the front of the choir stalls!

Wishing you all the blessings of this joyful Eastertide. 🦩🐣✝️🐇🦩

Good morning Mick and all on this lovely thread. Wishing you all a happy and blessed Easter from Malta where the weather is expected to be mainly sunny and 19°C.

We have much to celebrate today as my twin grandsons turn one year old! Hard to believe what tiny little scraps they were when they entered the world almost two months prematurely, but both doing well now.

Also, I had a knock on the door on Friday and when I opened it there stood DD1 who had flown in from Washington DC (with her little dog) to surprise us ! To say my heart is full would be an understatement.

Happy Easter to all .🐣

How lovely to see you again, Bellasnana and with such happy news to share with us! 🥰

Good Morning Mick and everyone from Hull. Another beautiful day is forecast.
Happy Easter to you all. 🐣

Bellasnana how lovely to hear from you and to give us news of your twin Grandsons. What a lovely surprise to have a visit from your DD. Enjoy your family time. 💐

Today we have the children and grandchildren over for Easter dinner. It’s Turkey and lamb today. We will hide little eggs in the garden. I made chocolate crispy nests yesterday that’s about the sum of my baking.
DH and I put out the garden furniture and did the garden so it’s all ready for the summer and looking lovely. It was a pleasure to sit out and felt so warm. With the smell of freshly cut grass it lightens the heart.

Wishing you all a lovely day with family friends and delicious Easter lunches.
My thoughts to those with sadness and stress.🌻🌻

Good morning from Shropshire where another sunny day is forecast.

We had a lovely day yesterday with the children.When we took them home DD had made a lovely meal for us all.Her in-laws joined us too and we were all given Easter eggs!

Lovely to see you Bellasnana.You really do have a lot to celebrate.What an amazing surprise and I can’t believe the boys are one already.

Happy Easter and enjoy the day everyone 🐰🐣

Morning all from West Oxfordshire on this Easter Sunday. Elder son and his family arrived last night. They had been driving all day from Scotland. Guinea fowl for lunch with all the trimmings. Chocolate bread and butter pudding is on the menu too, together with a selection of other chocolate goodies. My sister must be in the air by now. I think she arrives at Heathrow 2 pm tomorrow. Have a wonderful day.

Good morning and a very happy Easter to you all!
I spent the morning emptying the greenhouse, rearranging the staging and shelves and sowing more seeds. It’s lovely and tidy now.
Dog and I had two lovely leisurely walks, she’s such a poppet, it was so nice to be out in the sunshine.
I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Good morning and Happy Easter to you all. ✝️

Yesterday DB1 and his wife came for afternoon tea and hot cross buns. Lovely to see them and they are good company.
Hate them getting old though! 😢.

We are travelling up to our seaside retreat this morning , early , and hopefully beat the holiday traffic.

Bellasnanna - how lovely to hear from you and what a wonderful surprise you had with your Dd ‘s arrival.
I can’t believe your twins are 1 yr old already. Have a great time all together.❤️.

Take care

Good morning from a misty Northumberland, and a Happy Easter Sunday to all. Do people still keep the tradition of reserving Easter eggs for today? We certainly do. Here's a couple of pics of my DH receiving his single egg in 1952, while sugar rationing was still in force. How times have changed, I think Grandson Charlie is getting about seven eggs this morning!

Good morning everyone and Happy Easter Sunday from Severnside. 👋Bellasnana what a lovely surprise for you.

Looks like a lovely day ahead again so out in the garden I shall go. I’m making good progress with my plans.
I had planned on having lamb shank but depending on what Beechnutella says I might save them until tomorrow when she is visiting.

Have a good day all 🍳💐🦩

I’d be stalking her flight path Ladyleftfieldlover 🤣

Morning Mick, morning All. Light cloud over our corner of Somerset.

Excellent day yesterday, traffic was light in our direction of travel (away from coasts), our son treated us to breakfast. The surplus to requirements garden table joined garden chairs, also from here, and looked good in its new home. We spent a couple of hours helping weed raised beds, had a good chat and an easy trip back home.

A much quieter day ahead. Some garden pottering. Our meal will be turkey followed by chocolate cheesecake with raspberries.

How good to see you bellasnanna, I’m delighted the twins are thriving.

Take care everyone.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 7° with blue skies. There's a slight mist too which will burn away I'm sure. Happy Easter Sunday to you all. Bellasnanna how lovely to see you posting. There are lots of get-togethers planned for today on the thread. I'm going to DD with her in-laws and my aunt and uncle. It'll be lovely. I'm being picked up which means I can have a glass or two of wine. I'm looking forward to it very much. Have a good day all

Good morning everyone from Inverness where we’ve light grey cloud and a bit of sunshine
Happy Easter to everyone
So lovely to hear from you Bellasnana what a lovely surprise from your DD Enjoy your family time and your twin grandsons 1st birthday celebrations!
Enjoy your lunch and family time together Ash and hope it stays dry for your walk over
We’re looking forward to seeing our visitors who are arriving later today, everything’s ready I hope!
Lovely pictures NanaDana thanks for sharing
Hoping everyone finds something to enjoy today and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

We finished the children’s corner in church in time for Easter and it looks so welcoming - a great team effort. Then visited a local carpet emporium to take a silk rug for repair and have a nosy. DD and DSiL bought a beautiful Kashmiri rug for the sitting room and DGD1 chose a smaller one as her 21st birthday present. It will stay here with me until nearer the time and will be a life long pleasure which she will take into her independent adult life when she gets there. Her choice, and an unusual one, but really lovely. DSiL hung a couple of pictures for me too, so a very satisfactory day.

Easter greetings to all our readers and I hope everything goes to plan and the sun will shine, at least for some of the day.

Happy Easter from an overcast but mild Colchester.
A quiet restful day here between 2 busy weeks. Roast chicken tonight and no chocolate in the house!
Love to all 🦩🐣🐰✝️

Happy Easter and another Good Morning from Hull.

I’m up earlier than usual to get a Turkey in the oven for lunch.

Sadly our offspring are all doing their own thing this year, one is wild camping in Norway, one in Dublin with his lovely wife and in laws and the other doing an eater egg hunt and buffet for a big crowd of friends and their children.

We have got some old friends coming for a feast.
I don’t feel too deserving of it as I didn’t observe Lent but I will give it my best shot!

Morning all

Difficult day for our family, 6 years since mum died , she is missed so much 💔

Lovely to see you posting Bellasnana twin boys how lovely. Enjoy your family time.

Wishing you all a joyous Easter Day 🙋‍♀️🦩🐣

Happy Easter and good morning from a grey W Kent. Joining Dd2 and family for lunch and Easter eggs.
Good wishes to all

Good morning from Dunoon where I am spending the weekend, lovely weather yesterday so 🤞for today.

This a short message because I have forgotten my iPad so can only use my phone to post. I’m afraid this is drawing my attention to how much my close vision is deteriorating so I’ll be brief.

Just want to wish everyone Happy Easter and peace of mind to all.

Especially thinking of those of us with difficulties today and sending special good wishes to Urmstongran if you’re reading, I hope you are okay.

I hope we all have a pleasant day 💖

Good morning from Durham. It’s dull, dank and cold here. Birds fed and I’m relaxing before I start lunch - DD2 and her family are coming. No doubt, I’ll be spending tomorrow tidying up after toddler H goes!
My very best wishes to all, especially those who are sad being alone today. X

Happy Easter all from a sunny Glasgow.

Bellasanna, what a lovely surprise to see you posting again. An unforgettable Easter for you.

A very quiet day ahead for us. We spent much of yesterday at DS1's. Dollie saw me as her best pal, she and I played putting, basketball, ball games went to the swing park and I was treated to a display on the trampoline. She forgets I am a geriatric. Well that was how I was described in hospital. 😆
On top of that, she never stopped talking! I was exhausted, but like Bella, my heart was full.

I got home from the Easter Vigil at 10.30pm, after a busy and at times somewhat stressful evening. We had three sacristans working and I still had to conscript DH to help.
A number of people were being received into the church, so lots to do.We had all the ceremony, with the Easter fire outside and the congregation processing into the dark church in silence, with lit candles. It was very uplifting.
A couple of months ago, I couldn't have managed this!

We are having turkey with all the trimmings, which we will be eating all week and Scicilian lemon tart. I'm looking forward to it.

Borrheid, I am delighted you got to see your mum. Its a pity that your visit was so short, we could have met up and reminisced about old times. Safe journey home!

Have a great day everyone.

GrannyGravy💐