Well, as much as I love chocolate - whether you're gnostic, plain spiritual or religious – that's not really what Easter is about.
So, we decided on a different Easter gift for each other this year. Bees!
Mason bees to be precise. They are small native bees – that are out and about much earlier than other bees – and they work really really hard at pollinating all your flowers and plants.
We bought a Mason Bee 'House' to encourage them to lay eggs – which will then of course hatch out and pollinate all our fruits and vegetables.
Eggs, birth, renewal. What could be better for Easter?
AND SEE: The (paper lined) holes that are 'plugged' with beige 'mush'? That means the mason bees have laid eggs and plugged up the holes. Apparently the male eggs are laid first at the back and then the females UPDATE! female eggs are laid first – then the males. So if predators get at them, the boys get eaten first…