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Unorthodox Easter

It was a great Easter yesterday. I started the day with a sunrise service, which is something I don’t remember ever doing. Of course, it is possible I actually HAVE gone to an Easter sunrise service and don’t remember it, but if I did, it was before I started keeping this memory archive, so I’m not responsible for remembering it.

The service was held at my church’s cemetary. I haven’t heretofore known where the cemetary was. As it turns out, it’s almost in walking distance of my house. It’s a cool old cemetary tucked away in the middle of a neighborhood. There seems to be an inordinate amount of tombstones with angels on them. Very cool looking. There is a small chapel where we had the service. It was a very pleasant way to celebrate Easter. If the choir wasn’t singing in the later service, the sunrise service would have been enough.

That's not really an angel.  No wings.

Later, Denis had some friends over for Easter dinner. He prepared pancit, which is a Filipino stir-fried noodle dish. He also prepared chicken adobo and grilled pork. The grilled pork was not your regular cut of meat though. It included skin and a healthy layer of fat. I did taste it, and it was delicious, but my tastes run toward the traditional for holiday meals. I heated some ham in the crockpot and made some au gratin potatoes from a box. It was delightful. We ended the meal with an avocado shake. Denis has made this before, and as weird as it may sound, I really like these. It’s avocado, ice, and evaporated milk. Add sugar to taste.

It's better than you think.

6 Comments

  1. Lauren

    Your sunrise shot is spectacular! How cool that you had services in a cemetary!!

    Those are some good-looking avocados. (I had one yesterday that had several brown spots. Yuck.)

  2. Beth

    Yea. It sounds weird, but I’m on board. I LOVE avacado. Love.

    And if that’s not an angel, is it Mary? In a Lutheran cemetary? Seems odd.

    • Brad

      I think it’s a sad child.

      There were lots of huge family plots… fifteen or more people buried around a giant obelisk that was topped with a statue or a ball or something. It was all very interesting.

  3. Peggy

    Ham in a crockpot? Interesting…I’ve never tried that…is that how you always make ham?

    I was most disappointed with my ham. It was the cut…it was kind of fatty-thru out–dang. I do so love ham!

    • Deanne

      I’m not sure I can say it’s “worth it” to buy one of those expensive honey-baked hams, but I will say we’ve never been disappointed.

      • Peggy

        You mean from Heavenly Ham? If it’s good,than it’s worth it to me. And mine wasn’t even cheap…just gross.

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