some eggs

Alas, I ran out of time and daylight this week, but these are the first three pysanky I completed.

One, unfortunately, jumped out of my fingers after about an hour of work and broke into two pieces on the floor. The lesson learned? Don't even think about --literally, don't think about it-- rushing pysanky. You must relax, and let everything else go.

My camera is out of battery power and this is all it will do. Non-flash just made everything blurry; flash is clearer, but makes a glare on the eggs and washes out some of the details. I'll try to post some better photos next week!

All set up

I am gearing up to make a nice big basketful of pysanky, Ukrainian Easter Eggs. I'll make them gradually as Lent goes by, so that when Easter/Easter Monday roll around, I can give them out in a timely fashion.

I had some leftover blown-out (empty) eggs last year, so I saved them for this year, and I hope nothing in the composition of the shell has altered. It would be too bad if they didn't hold color well anymore. Well, I'll find out soon enough. I prepared five more eggs yesterday, so I have a decent amount to work with for this week, I think.