Hippity hop, Easter is on it's way!

I was a little more than excited to pull out my Easter decorations for the mantle this year. I think it might be because this time last year, we were getting our house ready to sell, so I didn't get to decorate because I didn't want to add that to the long list of things that needed to be done in house selling.

So it was TWO YEARS AGO (holy cow!) that I posted this idea for Easter decor. And I said that "Odds are high that I'll make a trip to JoAnn's to buy some super cute eggs on sale to use for next year."

And sure enough...I went to JoAnn's when everything was marked down 75% and got some cute eggs, and am finally getting to use them.

Although, I have to admit...I kind of liked it better with the cheap plastic eggs. They were much more colorful. Maybe I'll just have to go back to JoAnn's this year and see if they have some colorful ones for next year. But really, throwing eggs in a vase...doesn't get much easier than that.

Sadly, though, my favorite Easter decor idea hasn't been executed this year because I haven't made the effort to go out and find some little tree branches. Perhaps I will get around to it before Easter rolls around.

colors

this past week was fun for me. because i got to practice taking pictures again, and it had been a while since i really have. thursday i went to a place with a friend i'd driven past several times and wanted to visit but hadn't. we went to historic occoquan. there were lots of fun old buildings and houses for me to take pictures of. as i was going through and playing around with the pictures i was doing this one and thought if i were a professional and titled my photos i'd call it red.

this one wold be titled green.

and i'd call this one blue.

and this one would be brown--ish.and last but not least, this one would be...gray. maybe.

i hate to say it

i'm in love. some people may think i'm crazy but i love me an old dilapidated building/house. any and all of them. love love love love love!

since i moved here to northern virginia in 2000 i've seen this old prison that was built in the early 1900s. for years now, as it lay empty, a part of me was willing to get a criminal record for breaking and entering so i could check this place out. but i never talked myself into it. i was excited though, when i found out it was being transformed into an art center. it opened up last september and today i went with a friend to check it out.

amazing! the artists were great, and it was so fun to watch them working. but i have to admit that for me, the most fun part was peeking through the windows and holes in doors to see parts of the buildings that haven't been revamped yet.

and now that part of me that's willing to get a criminal recoard for breaking and entering is back, because i'd love to go back into those old buildings and really check them out.