Holy Week

The Lenten Season is never as busy as the Advent Season . . .

The present issue and entertaining --

Never as much as in December!

But it is a special season, nonetheless

and we have traditions . . . 

Mostly Holy Week traditions

The 500 to 1000 cookies I bake for a PEO fundraiser

It does take up a big chunk of Holy Week

But Lent is about sacrifice and penitence

So I sacrifice my time to bake cookies

to raise funds for PEO

It's a labor of love!

Good Friday finds Hot Cross Buns at Linderhof

Always bakery buns

until last year

And I made my own.

It became a tradition

homemade Hot Cross Buns

for Good Friday breakfast and Good Friday tea!

Although we haven't had a little one in the house in "forever"

We have always colored eggs

on Good Friday!

Two dozen

(for in early years, one dozen to eat for Easter dinner and to make into luncheon egg salad for the week following and one dozen for the Easter bunny to hide)

And we still do -- the two dozen

Only none are for the Easter bunny -- they're all for us!

And I also

Made a basket of carrot "cutlery" for our Easter Breakfast Sunday!

And in my spare time made a few of these "butter" lambs
(one for us for Easter dinner, two for Easter breakfast at church, one for Pastor and the rest as gifts for friends)

This year we had a challenge unlike other years

Painters inside and outside Linderhof

spiffing it up for Spring!

(And repairing the storm damage from two years ago)

But we're up to challenges

and the painters got some chick cookies to take home to their children!

Today I am in the kitchen again . . . 

To make the "eggs" for Easter Breakfast at church

And the lamb for Easter dinner!

In the morning,

I shall bake a frittata to take to church for that Easter Breakfast

This week, too, we've been to church twice --

For Maundy Thursday Services

and for the Tenebrae Service on Friday

It's what we do

in Holy Week

And tomorrow, also

Is the last day for the Easter egg tree

On Monday, the eggs go back in the carton

And back in the cabinet

To await another Lenten season!