This season, the neighborhoods and churches of Greensboro have done a fabulous job of staggering their Easter egg hunts. It almost seems as if an egg hunt a day has been scheuled around town. The above photo was taken at the Guilford College United Methodist Church egg hunt last Saturday. They tossed what seems like thousands of eggs onto a back grassy lot and, precisely at 3 pm, children scrambled to fill their Easter baskets. The eggs were empty. Children dumped them into recepticles and went to watch the Easter Story in the sanctuary (Sunday's post). At the end of the film clip, church members were waiting to give chilren a large goodie bag. Oh to be five again and to so freely believe in the magic of everything.
The egg symbolizes the start of new life. There are so many techniques for dying eggs: from natural techniques like tying them with string and dropping them in with boiling onion skins or beet juice to elaborate techniques, like the batiked psyanky eggs of Eastern Europe. Secular and lay traditions alike, nothing screams spring like a basket full of eggs.
Guilford County Schools have their Spring Break during Passover and the week after Easter. Hopefully, during the one week break, families will have the opportunity to spend time together. See our post from a couple of years ago if you want some Easter cheer (here).
SO cute... which one?
Posted by: Madge | Thursday, April 05, 2012 at 06:15 PM