Chag Sameach, Happy Passover

After much preparation Passover has finally arrived! My home has been cleaned from top to bottom. I have switched all the utensils and pots and pans for ones that we only use during the holiday. Dad has arrived from the UK and the kids are home from school. Tomorrow morning we will check that our home is chametz free and tomorrow night we will sit down with family and friends to celebrate the Seder. The feast marks the beginning of the Passover holiday and we will continue to celebrate for seven days. I have lots planned and will probably be away from here for a little while. Please keep checking in for photos of our latest Israel adventures. I hope there will be plenty to show you!

A new customer decided my cards were the perfect gift for her friends and family celebrating the holiday. She set me to work on some extremely detailed cards which took me quite some time to create I can tell you! However, she seemed delighted with the end results and I hope that all the people receiving the cards will appreciate her incredible attention to detail.

The Seder tables have been laid as she stipulated. I hope that the vases of flowers and napkins are in the right places. The card at the top of this post had to show an older couple, the woman with her right arm broken and in a sling, and the man peeling an apple in one long snake.The middle card shows 'Mum', so exhausted from all the preparations that she has fallen asleep with her face in a bowl of soup! Above, the card shows Grandma and Grandpa at a beautifully set Passover table. Grandma is busy with her sewing machine and Grandpa had to be shown playing cards. The bowls are full of chicken soup and knaidelach, a type of dumpling added to soups or stews and a Passover favourite!

'Chag Pesach Sameach', a happy Passover festival, to all celebrating. Enjoy the Seder and have a wonderful time with your friends, family and loved ones.