The Easter Bonnet Craze

It all started when a yellow duckling arrived in the post... carrying a small satchel...containing 3 little bonnets. Her name is Eloise.

 When the news circulated that this baby duck had THREE Easter hats... and only one head to put them upon, the "chicken folk" began to gossip... and plan... and devise sneaky schemes  .. Before Eloise knew it her bonnets were sitting upon the heads of various hen folk... and none left for herself!

Hat ONE on Ezmeralda 
( a sensible knitted bonnet with a distinct New England flair)

 Hat TWO on her twin sister Gertrude
( a lacy job covered in ribbon roses, very chic, very feminine)

Hat THREE on Miss Merryweather,
 ( a stylishly simple hat which sits atop ones head like a wee button)

 When the news circulated that the hen folk each had little Easter bonnets, the sheep and donkeys began to gossip and plan and devise sneaky schemes ." If lowly chicken folk can have Easter bonnets why can't we??!!" 

Jemima

 Before long, the donkeys and sheep were trotting pridefully about the barnyard in straw and floral splendor...

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Maude

Ursula

  Margaret, stubbornly refused to remove her great grannys old pioneer bonnet.

 "Take off that old rag!" Ursula scolded and yanked it from her head."Are you trying to shame all of us in the Easter Parade??"

  "That's better, now go wash your nose!"

Before you could shake a stick , the news had circulated from the barnyard to the house...

and Peepers was spied admiring herself in the mirror for nearly 3 hours!

 When the news circulated that the sheep and donkeys were all wearing Easter bonnets, the Mistress of the manor got suspicious... Lo and Behold, All of HER hats were missing, kaput, not on a single flowered hat in it's proper place!
The mistress began to devise sneaky schemes.. 

 She returned Eloise's favorite bonnet to it's proper place upon little fuzzy noggin.
(and advised the girls in the barn to keep those other hats clean, or else!)

  The Mistress.. and Eloise, will get all their bonnets back after the Easter Parade. We wouldn't want to spoil all the fun.

PS: Eloise is another masterful little needle felted creation of Penny. Lovingly sculpted from Merino wool she looks just like a real duckling! /http://angelsdoor.blogspot.com/

I had planned an entirely different Easter post, but when Eloise arrived in the mail today, I just couldn't help myself.

I hope you have a meaningful  Resurrection Day and reflect upon all that is good and beautiful in your life .  I will ponder on  the rebirth that surrounds us,

the joy and jumble of creation from its simplest forms,

 TO it's most fun...

like the happiness of a violet's face,

and the humor in a frogs.

 The elegance of a feathered bird ,

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and the pure joy of it's glorious songs in the trees each and every day.

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 I will thank God for all the wonder of this world, 

especially in this Easter Season.

Happy Easter... now go don your bonnet!