EAT your FOOD !

My MAMAN always says that to START your day right, you MUST eat a HEALTHY breakfast ...

And my MAMAN always says you SHOULD eat your LEFTOVERS and NOT waste food ...

Oui, maman ! Je t'AIME maman !

CHOC-a-DOODLE !

I fear that OVERDOSING on Easter CHOCOLATE ... 


is turning ME into a VIOLENT vegetarian ...

EASTER water HARVESTING day !

Eau de PÂQUES ... EASTER water ... MAGIC elixir ... CURE-ALL potion ... MIRACLE philter ... 

To be HARVESTED from the running water of a SPRING or BROOK ... Right BEFORE sunrise on EASTER morning ... AGAINST the current ... 

Both my GREAT grand-mothers filled BOTTLES with Easter water and gave them away to EACH member of the family ... To be kept AND used ALL YEAR round ... Known to CURE tooth and back ACHES, cuts AND bruises, burns AND skin conditions, broken arms AND upset stomach, sore thoat AND muscles, poison ivy AND shingles ... Also used to GROW nails and hair FASTER, get rid of SCARS and clear ear INFECTIONS ... Good AGAINST bee stings, fleas AND blood suckers ... 

My grand-mothers woke up EARLY on Easter morning and walked DOWN to the river in their NIGHTGOWN to fill BOTTLES of it ... So does my MOTHER ... And naturally ... So DO I ... 

Just because it is SUCH a wonderful piece of FOLKLORE to pass from ONE generation to the NEXT one ... And because ... 

It WORKS ... 

HAPPY Easter to YOU all !

EASTER bunny SHADOW puppet ...

Getting READY for EASTER ... if ONLY in spirit ... 

Due to ALL that is happening right NOW,, we have decided to POSTpone our FAMILY reunion until MOTHERS Day this year ... The internet AND the electricity has been FIXED and my PAPA is doing GRRRREAT following his second OPEN-HEART surgery ... 

I SHOULD be back HOME on SUNDAY, just in time to FRENCH-kiss the Easter BUNNY !