Happy easter ! God påske

Easter, its hard to believe that it is approaching us in 5 days.  Easter to me , has always been about chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. As a kid, I received a token gift from the "easter bunny" and it usually wasnt too much.  As a kid, I did not receve a ton of chocolate, because clearly, i didnt need  a ton to be happy.  

Easter morning, was pretty much the same from year to year. Not much running around the house and hunting for eggs...  More like, I woke up and found a easter basket parked infront of the fireplace all wrapped up with some nifty new things in it. 

I remember my basket quite well, in fact i still own it after 46 years and have a couple little trickets that came in it. It was usually filled with a plush toy, a chocolate bunny, and a couple little yellow piper cleaner style chicks.  I also do recall, when i was about 6 years old, i told my Mum that I was going to grow up and become the easter bunny..  LOL  well I guess that is true to a degree or atleast the official supplier to the easter bunny. 

Easter was celebrated with family. Usually a family dinner with turkey, stuffing and pie. Sometimes there was hot cross buns loaded with icing.  That's what easter was...  we didn't go to church, unless my Gramma was around and she made me go with her. The family dinner was probably the most important part. Like christmas, easter was a time to be together.

Easter has changed so much, since i grew up and became the easter bunny.  When one owns a chocolate store, its all about the holidays and the commercialisim of the business and less about family dinners. Quite sad really.  

Heres a few pictures from my store. 

Easter Bunny cookie anyone ? 

 Easter bunny marshmallow ....

And so the holiday goes on.... more treats from my shop. 

I do however get a kick out of playing easter bunny to my best friends kids and my Great-nephew. I look forward to getting up at 5 am, taking a short drive to their homes, and scattering egg's around their front door.  Some how i hope that the magic of easter will stay with them a little longer before they realize it is actually me. 

When my Great Nephew was 3, he figured it out that easter bunny had come to the house, he got up looked outside and saw all the bright coloured plastic egg's all over the front yard. He got out the door and began gathering up all the eggs. He's a pretty intellgent kid, and observant too.....

As he was collecting he stopped and noticed that there was a cigarette butt on the ground, so he turned to him Mum and said... Look the easter stopped to have a smoke !   

Have to admit that is pretty funny, considering the easter bunny doesnt smoke. But good observation !

Happy Easter everyone !  God påske to my family in Norway. 

  

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Spring Has Sprung !

Here in Vancouver, British Columbia. We have had the mildest winter this year.
December of 2014, we only received one day of snow, and it melted within 24 hours. I guess, it can be said, we are pretty lucky, don't really have to deal with road plows, wet snow, however we still had our fair share of icy roads.  The only drawback is we never really got to ski or snowshoe. As most vancourites, most of us  thought, we were living the Olympics of 2010 all over again. Warm days and no snow. Good thing we were not the host this year for the winter games.

By mid March, we start seeing the Cherry Blossoms starting to come into bloom.  This is probably my most favourite time of the year. Natures way of making things  "pretty in pink" which should cure the winter blues.  For 2015, the trees received an head start.  

As we head into the end of March, most of the blossoms are starting to drop, and this becomes our "Spring Snow"  Here is a capture from a week ago.. across the street where I live.

I love the signs of spring, it seems to transport me back into time. When Spring had sprung, that was a sign, summer is almost here.. and soon school will be out !  

 Time to get out and enjoy a few more blossoms, before they are gone.


These were taken in the Cemetery in New Westminster, BC

A Little Photography Hike

Well for my first post, i will share some of my little pictures of a recent small hike I took in North Vancouver, BC.
There is a great park, called Lynn Valley Canyon. Recently I went with a couple friends to hike in to see the Twin Falls.  It was a fairly easy hike, but then it required a bit of stepping down the side of a hill and standing on a rock and leaning over a fence to get the view of the famous twin falls.

Breath taking, and it really is not that big. Pictures can be deceiving ...    However, a bit further down the trail, I came to the bottom lake where the falls end. If it wasn't March, I probably would have taken off my shoes and socks and walked up closer to the falls.. but I will leave that for June or July.


Here is view from the lake.  The water is clear and beautiful. Next time you are in North Vancouver, stop by Lynn Valley Canyon, it is free and it is a nice place for a picnic.