Easter Thursday..

29/4/2021

Easter has come and although our traditions are being stifled by the pandemic we can still celebrate the meaning wherever we are . I usually decorate the house and have people coming and going , overseas visitors come and stay and in general it is an active time of year. This year I haven’t bothered with the decorations or the cooking as such ...However, I came across a box in my sewing den...sewers understand...you know those boxes with bits and pieces...underneath were 4 unfinished chickens. Why did I not finish these a decade ago? ....I can find fault in anything and had decided these were the duds of the batch.

The chickens were based on a gift from dear friends who had gone on one of those distant holidays ...remember that pre covid life ...an upcycled brown patchwork ( log cabin style) Cuban chicken which seemed to be stuffed with socks ...I named mine Flaouna chooks, as they reminded me of the sometimes triangular cheese pastries we Cypriots have only at Easter ( most are square nowadays)..Another year, I made an unstuffed baby chooks version to hang and decorate lampades ( Easter candles we take to midnight service on Easter Saturday) for all my friends...I finished and stuffed my newly found chicken family in no time and they have cheered up the house and brought some Easter spirit ...duds no more!...# lesson to be learnt.