… from Stina in Sweden! The gift bag is so pretty and was just full of wonderful surprises.

For the past couple of weeks, there has been a lot of talk in blogland about pincushions. I haven’t said a word about mine as it’s just a plain old tomato pincushion. I was thrilled to receive this pincushion made by Stina — it’s absolutely wonderful! So now I can display a pretty pincushion too. 😉

Do you see the feathers in the package in the top photo? Well, the package contains feathers and these little wooden figures — bunnies and chicks. They’re absolutely adorable and are now decorating our wall unit. These will be brought out every year for Easter!

And this egg — which is, so far, chock full of candies and chocolate. We’re being very good and saving it for Easter, but I’m not sure how much we’ll be able to resist as the week goes on! LOL

And just because it’s such a good photo, here’s another shot of Lester.

Yesterday we made a trip to the LQS where they had bundles of the most glorious Japanese taupes. I was oh, so tempted but resisted. Instead, I picked up some more of the black and white prints and a pattern for my Four Seasons Quilt Swap. I’m going to amend the pattern a bit to incorporate an element that really means spring to me — flying geese. When I see a V of Canada Geese flying north it’s a sure sign that spring is here. Haven’t seen that yet!

If the forecast is accurate, we’re in for a snowy Easter. Thankfully it was mild yesterday and a lot of the snow is starting to melt but we still have enormous snowbanks!