good friday

Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(1979 Book of Common Prayer, p. 221)

it was a warm sunny spring day, a good day to be outdoors. we attended the tenebrae service at our church and all of us were once more taken in awe what christ did for us. a very impressive and solemn service.

and then of course we planned to decorate some eggs for easter. a long standing tradition to have easter eggs decorated on good friday...
we did it in the past years and i remember especially last year. my parents were visiting and we really enjoyed it a lot, working together with the kids and preparing for the easter fest.
this time we went to visit friends, i was preparing a red cabbage and an onion-skin bath to colour the eggs. rubber bands, grasses and cotton thread to bind...
my friend had some paints and brushes ready and together with the kids we went to work.
not everything turned out the way i imagined but it was very nice and the kids enjoyed it a lot. of course naomi had to paint a whole dozen, her "family" had to be complete and good looking in the carton!

i played around with this last photo, and wanted to share it with you, as it looks so fun with the eggs iluminated... i guess slowely and with little steps i'm growing braver to play around with 'gimp'. (which is one of my
goals for this year ;-)