Random Round-Up (Easter)

Happy Easter! Since I'm not a religious person, Easter doesn't mean all that much to me - but I discovered a few Easter traditions while looking for magazine cover ideas and they're pretty, so I thought I'd share. 

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This is an Easter Egg Tree - or Ostereierbaum (link to wikipedia). Apparently, they're mostly found in Germany, Austria and other German-influenced places. Eggs are blown, decorated and hung on trees or bushes for Easter (or for May Day, Christmas, Whitsun or the Summer Solstice).

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It's so colourful! Especially when it's such a big tree with so many eggs.

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These are Pysanka - Ukranian Easter eggs made using a wax-resistant dying method. Very intricate and cool! These are generally given as gifts, and the colours / patterns on them will have some signifcance to the person you're giving them to.

http://ukrainetrek.com

There's even a Pysanka museum!

New Year?

I was belatedly thinking about New Year's Resolutions / Goals earlier this week. Last year, I seem to remember, I had many - maybe even one a month. This year? Well, I have enough to worry about. I've been promoted, temporarily, so I'm doing and learning a new job while trying to teach someone else my old job. All with two very tight deadlines coming up. So why pile on a diet, or an ambition to read more, or an exercise plan? That'll just add more stress. Instead, I have a very simple monthly mission: 

Six days down, twenty-four to go!