As you can see in this vintage postcard dated on 1912, in France, bells bring chocolate eggs, hens, fishes ........ for Easter from Rome (Italy) . At least, that's we used to say to little children. I wonder if they believe for long to this tradition, nowadays ?
No fluffy bunny here.
Ventimiglia (Italy) february 2009Imaginez la casse quand les cloches balancent un oeuf de cette taille !
Où cacher un oeuf en chocolat de 10 kgs dans ses plates-bandes ?
Passez un bon week-end de Pâques. Que les cloches soient généreuses.
I let you guess the breakage when bells deliver an egg that big !
I wonder how it is possible to hide a 10kgs chocolate egg in your garden.
I wonder how it is possible to hide a 10kgs chocolate egg in your garden.
I wish you all an Happy Easter Day. May Bells or Bunny no matter, be generous.
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we would be soooo sick :) That building below is so nice
RépondreSupprimerLovely card ! I want that 10 kgs of Chocolate! :-))
RépondreSupprimerHappy Easter
God bless you
Léia
That's just the right size for my Easter basket! Make that dark chocolate, please.
RépondreSupprimerCatherine - until today I kept getting error messages and was unable to visit your blog for your PFF posts! I'll catch up on your previous posts tomorrow. It's nice to be able to stop by and say hello! Sorry I've been missing out on the fun over here.
Cynthia
Quelf oeuf!
RépondreSupprimerSavais-tu que le pot, ou plutôt ce qui est dans le pot en bas à droite, est fabriqué à Villers Ecalles, à l'ouest de Rouen?
Je vais en mettre un peu sur ma tartine ce matin. C'est bon, miam miam...
Hummmmmmmmmm 10 kilos d'oeufs de paques........pas facile de la cacher celui là ;o)) bonnes pâques
RépondreSupprimerCatherine! It's just gorgeous! My children just love the idea of flying bells. They have been drawing pictures of them all week long!
RépondreSupprimerJe préfère le chocolat sous d’autres formes ; ça me fait de la peine de casser ces jolies cloches (œufs, lapins etc…) Merci pour la belle carte postale ; on ne reçoit plus, remplacées par nos souhaits électroniques. Donc, par ce moyen, Joyeuses Pâques pour les « five of you » !
RépondreSupprimerHi Catherine :)
RépondreSupprimerVery interesting post card. You are holding a treasure more valuable than chocolates. Considering the fact it is dated 1912 this is very precious. I really don’t understand how managed to get hold of this antique post card.
If you tell your children that pretty girl is bringing chocolates they may not believe because they are big. Oh! You have Gabriel. He will believe provided the other two refrain from convincing him that it is not true. Small children will believe and will also wait anxiously for the Easter eggs filled with chocolates.
My children believed when they were small that Father Christmas will come in the night and leave presents in the house. Soon after the midnight mass they will run all over the house looking for their presents. The excitement, the screaming, the shouting, the laughing still echoes in my ears. Those were beautiful moments which I will always cherish till the rest of my life. Can you imagine they even wrote letters to Father Christmas listing out the things they wanted and give it to me to post. Children are innocent, trust worthy, believing and they are bundles of joy. Even simple things make them excited and happy. I need not tell you. You already know it :)
William Wordsworth believes that we all come from God and one day we have to go back to him. When we are children we have that divine spark in us. As we grow older mother earth provides us with too many earthly temptations that we lose our divine spark.
If I can get that 10kg. of chocolates I can have a feed and also distribute it all my neighbors. So I will tell you what I will do. After the midnight mass I will go and search all my rooms to see if that lovely girl is hiding there with the 10 kg. of chocolates :)
Happy Easter to you and your lovely family :)
Joseph
Tu as raison, cette histoire de cloches m'a toujours paru louche... Mais que ne ferait-on pas semblant de croire pour manger du chocolat! Alors, dis-moi comment font les Parisiens pour cacher les oeufs? Dans l'appartement ou dans le square le plus proche?
RépondreSupprimerEven the egg on the postcard is large enough for me! 10 kg! I can't imagine it. :)
RépondreSupprimerje crois pouvoir porter 10 kg !!
RépondreSupprimerJ'arrive !!
Merci Catherine....
RépondreSupprimerLa carte est super belle. La fille me fait penser à une actrice, peut-être la femme de Tom Cruise, je n'en suis pas sûre.....
J'ai de la chance, I don't have a sweet tooth, je ne mange donc pas de chocolat ni de bonbons. :-)
Joyeuses Pâques !
Tu peux venir le cacher dans mon jardin, il y a de la place! bonnes fêtes.
RépondreSupprimerDéjà que j'avais du mal à cacher des toutes petites cocottes ou autres lapins...alors avec un oeuf de 10kg, je crois bien que c'est perdu d'avance...
RépondreSupprimerBon W-E et bonnes vacances !!!
A bientôt
Carole.
Je peux enfin finir mon tour des blogs commencé ce matin. On faisait de bien belles cartes dans le temps. J'ai acheté plein d'oeufs en chocolat pour mes petits fils qui viennent dianche. Espérons que le pluie fera un break l'espace qu'ils puissent les chercher dans le jardin. Bon wouik de Pâques et Bonnes Cloches !
RépondreSupprimerAnything chocolate is welcome in my house! I still remember your previous post about where do boys and girls come from... and now this - bells bringing chocolate eggs, etc. How wonderful. I hope this tradition won't be lost in today's generation.
RépondreSupprimerPostcards Crossing
No need to hide the 10-kilo egg in the garden. You find a model to stand in the garden and hold it, just like in the postcard.
RépondreSupprimerPas besoin de cacher l'oeuf 10-kilo dans le jardin. Vous trouverez une fille qui se tiendra dans le jardin et la maintenir, comme dans l'image.
Ding Dong - I'm seeing bells everywhere this Easter!
RépondreSupprimerHappy Easter!
Evelyn in Montreal
Catherine, this is a beautiful postcard: I like the drawing and the shaded pink color. And the girl's face is really of other times!
RépondreSupprimerAbout Italy, you are right, our artistic heritage is rich and remarkable indeed: I am so glad you greatly appreciate it. However, France is a marvellous country too!
My best wishes of a very good Easter!
I have a sudden mid afternoon craving for chocolate. Lot's of it! What a pretty card and i love the coloring. I just learned about the Easter bells a week or two ago from one of Marie's cards. Happy PFF!
RépondreSupprimerJust Love the beautiful image! You cannot go wrong with the color Pink, and Gigantic Eggs! May your Easter be filled with Joy and lots of Chocolate...
RépondreSupprimer~blessings~
Pearl
Flying bells are fascinating. Everyting I learned here when I was a child was about the Easter bunny.
RépondreSupprimerBon weekend pascal. Chez moi le lapin a prévu d'être très généreux !
RépondreSupprimerLes oeufs de Paques, lachés par les cloches à leur retour de Rome, sont munis de petits parachutes en sucre pour amortir leur chute.
RépondreSupprimerLa nature est bien faite.
What a perfect post for Paques. Just love old postcards.
RépondreSupprimerThanks so much for your comment on Menton. Really explains it. I've changed the copy and linked to your blog, Catherine. Thanks again!
C’est une carte postale adorable chère Catherine! Pour ma part, je ne dirais pas non à un œuf de Pâques de 10 kg! (Je traverse une crise de Nutella depuis hier!) En espérant que vous avez passé un bon samedi, je vous souhaite, à Toi et à ta famille, un joyeux Dimanche de Pâques!
RépondreSupprimerAmitiés,
I thought I detected Marie behind this theme.
RépondreSupprimerDo you have the URL for Mono Maniacs ? If so, go there and follow the link.
There is an Index link at the bottom of the new Mono page which will take you everywhere.