We all have different holiday traditions- some traditions (naturally)
and some that are a bit odd or different. We try to embrace the
unexpected and appreciate the beauty nature brings us. This can range
from our 4 year old cutting off all the mum blooms so she could shred
them and spread them around the garden to "artful" array of dead leaves
some child put in a vase.
Our chickens give us such lovely eggs every day (except when they are
molting, of course)- sage green from our black Ameraucana, blue from our
rumpless Araucana, pink from our mixed chickens, and many other shades
of green. We did get new chickens this summer and one recently laid a
white egg. The white egg was shocking to us because we haven't seen a
white egg in years! I hated to just throw away some of these gorgeous
eggs so... we made an egg tree for the holidays.
Yep, an egg tree. A bit unusual and different. We like that in our
house. Being the crafty sort, my mom used to make these spectacular egg
ornaments when I was little. She'd blow out an egg, carefully crack
the shell away on one side, and create a precious diorama in the eggs.
I remember the velvet and ribbon she'd place in and around the egg and
the tiny wooden figure in their new home. I wish I had time to decorate
the eggs, but I don't. Instead, I just blew the insides out (and fried
them up!) and stuck an ornament hanger in the top hole. And the egg
tree was born!
