Better than Peeps

Easter,

not a particularly favorite holiday of mine

ever since I discovered

their wasn't really an Easter bunny...sigh

this was AFTER I found out

Santa didn't exist either,

which bothered me less

for some reason,

I guess the idea

of a red suited man sneaking

into the house at night

was easier to let go of

than a cute cotton tailed animal

bearing colorful eggs!

My Easter bunny?

He didn't leave jelly beans

or chocolate or even peeps,

which I don't even like but

would have been a welcome sight

instead of the dried banana chips

and the carob covered raisins

that nestled in the basket of fake greenery

...but sigh

My Easter bunny? Was a healthy one!

yaay!

Never thought much about

Easter baskets

since or Easter for that matter

until I met Jennifer...

She loved Easter and

overwhelmed me with

an Easter basket that first year...

an Easter basket that would

actually change my life!

In it specifically

were a small bottle of miracle bubbles,

a pinwheel and a candy necklace

and YES peeps

(still didn't like them but...

there they were)

I loved the whole basket

and the idea of it

but the candy necklace

was particularly important

and it hung on my bedroom doorknob

for years but then it was gone

when I wished I still had it

Puppy? Cat? Candy Thief?

Don't know!

Had planned to find some

for my friends

for Easter this year

in Jen's memory

but had failed to follow thru.

So on the Saturday before,

at an event

my participating neighbors

asked me if I wanted

a candy necklace? What?

I nearly cried with gratitude,

generously they gave me handfuls

to share later that night,

although they have either made

them smaller

or my adult head is a lot bigger

than my kid one

cause it didn't fit...crap!

Walking to meet Ron

with my two hula hoops, drum,

the bubble wand in the holster,

freed up an arm to hold

a bouquet of balloons,

candy necklaces,

and under each arm

a set of bobble bands...

which left no room

for the pinwheels

which I had forgotten anyways.

So it seems 'my play box '

of necessary toys

has multiplied...

Ron drives right by me,

"oh, I didn't see you"

"Are you kidding me...

with all this stuff?"

I am thinking,

Would you recognize me

WITHOUT it.

It is our last night of Desert Dancing

before the heat settles in.

Desert dancing is

a tradition of gathered friends

who want to play and be wild

at the edge of the lake,

there is Ron's RV, his kitchen set up,

his yummy chili,

a bonfire and chairs that multiply

after every gathering

(he does it all and makes it easy)

Each event more fun than the last

as we find new ways to be ten...

this one turns out to be

no different and possibly the best!

A night before Easter

and a celebration

for my years journey

tho only a few know this

for me personally

I am happy to be surrounded with

such happy playful companions.

The Easter basket surprise comes

in LED this year...

Ron in an untoppable surprise

of bunny giving

dresses up the girls

in flashing necklaces, bracelets, glasses

and fuzzy pink flashing ears.

the only thing missing are the tails

but for extra fun there is a game

of LED frisbee in dense dark landscape

we aim for the ears which is all

we can actually see...

later we can been seen congo dancing

off into the darkness flashing

and wearing our candy necklaces

(well some of us,

who I guess, have smaller heads)

looking for the "mothership."

No peeps again this year

but that's just fine,

candy necklaces are back

and have been added to the "toy box"

along with some bunny ears

and a frisbee!

Going to need a wagon soon to

transport all this fun booty !

Where did I put that radio flyer?

Pam Piper Rain

Photos

By Eddoazzi