Here are my answers to the Easter Share Your World from Pensitivity100

Do you celebrate the Easter holiday and if not, do you have an alternative?

Yes, we do. When the grandchildren were younger we would have an Easter Egg Hunt in the garden. This year we did not celebrate with our own family.

Do you exchange gifts or have a traditional meal?

Our friends Sonja and Roger who live just around the corner from us had their family come to stay for the Easter Weekend. We helped accommodate some of them and joined them for their festivities too. We also had a visitor who arrived on Sunday and was happy to sleep in our caravan! On Good Friday we ate pickled fish for lunch and had hot cross buns for tea.

On Saturday we had a bring-and-share braai – I did a potato bake, broccoli salad and bacon and butternut savoury tart.

On Sunday, fourteen of us sat down to a beef fillet done on the braai. My contribution was a Greek salad.

On Monday everybody left except for our visitor, Tommy. We invited our exhausted friends over for braaied yellowtail served with potato salad, broccoli and red cabbage salad and spinach and butternut salad. After a weekend of entertaining such a huge crowd every day, Sonja was relieved to just relax. It was a good end to a wonderful Easter Weekend.

How many Easter Eggs (or alternatives) did you receive/give?

I gave all the children at the dinner a small packet of mini-Easter Eggs. There were four of them aged 5, 14, 16 and 18. I also gave Easter Eggs and treats to my domestic helper’s family. The adults did not exchange Easter Eggs but we certainly ate some!

Was Easter a Bank Holiday in your country or did you have to work this weekend?

Good Friday was a holiday as was Easter Monday. Our seaside town of Struisbaai was very busy as it was also the school holidays. Many people were making the most of the warm weather before winter sets in.

Gratitude:
There are only 24 hours in a day…….. don’t waste any as they cannot be replaced.

I love the above quote and am grateful for all the small pleasures in my life.