It's Easter week and, as we approach Easter Sunday, we are already seeing plants and flowers spring back to life and bringing a welcome bit of colour to cheer us during these dark times. Many will be looking forward to Easter Sunday, to celebrate the risen Christ, a most significant day in the Christian calendar. Those of the Jewish faith will be celebrating Passover now too. For the kids, they have another reason to celebrate, despite the coronavirus- the annual Egg Hunt is still on, as the Easter Bunny has been declared a key worker by the New Zealand PM. Hooray! 

However I want you to look at this beautiful drawing of yours truly. I think the artist captured my stunning good looks, athletic prowess (obviously the hare had a headstart!) and lionlike locks quite brilliantly (woof!) and I want to tell you a little bit about it...

It all began early one morning when the human received a text message informing her that the birthday gifts she had ordered for her granddaughter's upcoming birthday had been delivered to the wrong, or rather the right address, but the human had sent them to the wrong address. Oops!

The person who received them (we'll just call her L, for lovely) said she would leave them on the doorstep just prior to collection in order to safe distance during the coronavirus on arranging a time. The human was very apologetic as apparently this happens a lot. The parcels were actually dropped off that day by lovely person. Then the birthday card,  which was also sent to Lovely's house, had to be redelivered by this neighbour and she said she would deliver it later when walking her dogs. So the human mentioned me and my blog and they exchanged photos of their canine companions and the lovely neighbour said that she would ask her son to draw a special Easter card for the human's granddaughter. The above is the result. I don't know about you, dear reader, but among all this madness and toilet roll hoarding (personally I've never had the need of this. The human obviously thinks my morning offerings are gold dust and quickly collects them, wrapping them up safely, before depositing them in special safety boxes they have in parks) it's refreshing just to come across simple human kindness. We are hoping, the human and I, to meet lovely person when the craziness ends. 

The weekend promises to be a scorcher. The human and I have only ventured to our local park twice this week, both times before 7am to avoid joggers, and to let those neighbours with children and no gardens the opportunity to enjoy it later throughout the day and we will continue to do this. The human has decorated the house, not as much as usual, but a bit just to cheer us up and carry on as usual insofar as we can. 

Have a very Happy Easter, everyone. Stay safe and stay home and wash those paws! Woof!

And here's one the human did inspired by the above illustration. She knows it does not compare too favourably with that one but, hey, we're on lockdown and she's bored. Happy Easter!