Grandma's Easter Eggs

Remember when grandma would boil the eggs? There were no fancy color kits to buy. She used crushed berries for the royals, purple and blue, tea or coffee for sunny shades of yellow and orange, and spinach for gracious green (the only way I liked it at the time). Glorious golden and regal red – from onion skins! Oh my! If she had eggplant or red cabbage, she made precious pink and purple. What passionate pastels emerged and earthy hues of neutral nature! colors of nature repurposed from the heavens ~ two times the blessing No chemical dyes with eggs swiftly finished and decorated in one sitting. Grandma’s eggs took gathering the eggs from the nest, food or food scraps, a couple of days, several helping hands, various utensils and implements, and make quite the mess! A perfect process! humble beginnings after a long abstinence ~ a welcome reward Oh, the love and joy from decorating those eggs. No kit can ever compare.