Raige Creations

A wonderful Monday, and perfect day for the ska-punk genre of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ! I am sure you all know this song, but didn't know the band was an American third wave ska band from Boston, Massachusetts.  I awoke normally for getting the kids to school, off they went, and I proceeded to do my normal routine of computer, cleaning, putting away laundry, etc.  Instant Colored Eggs  I was finishing up some egg cozies when I heard the chainsaw. Yes, the chainsaw. (the neighbor's needed to take down some precariously tall and crooked trees hanging over their driveway) Then thump thump, the tree came down. What song popped in my head? I've never had to knock on wood But I know someone who has Which makes me wonder if I could It makes me wonder if I've never had to knock on wood And I'm glad I haven't yet Because I'm sure it isn't good that's the impression that I get Knocking on wood , and the spoken expression "knock on...

The Easter Bunny of Western European legend brings baskets filled with colored eggs, candy and sometimes also toys to the homes of children on the night before Easter. It will either put the baskets in a designated place or hide them somewhere in the house or garden for the children to find when they wake up in the morning.  According to the tradition, children would build brightly colored nests, often out of caps and bonnets, in secluded areas of their homes. The Easter Bunny would, if the children had been good, lay brightly colored eggs in the nest. As the tradition spread, the nest has become the manufactured, modern Easter basket, and the placing of the nest in a secluded area has become the tradition of hiding baskets.  The precise origin of the ancient custom of coloring eggs is not known, although evidently the blooming of many flowers in spring coincides with the use of the fertility symbol of eggs - and eggs boiled with some flowers change their color, bri...