Easter with Dr. Socks
Easter Bunny:
Easter Dogs:
The bunny cake this year was a devil’s food (!) chocolate cake with cream cheese coconut frosting. All that’s left of Mr. Bunny now is the face. The chocolate eggs in the picture were really little cakes baked in my special egg pan from Germany. The grass was green-tinted coconut and the brightly-colored eggs were dyed hard-boiled eggs. The dogs, as you can see, were unimpressed.
Now I have to finish my taxes.
31 Responses to “Easter with Dr. Socks”
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Paul Tergeist says:
That’s cute. I guess you have a streak of pink in you after all. Napkin rings, oh my!
The dogs look like yappers to me and I see you had someone helping you decorate the eggs.
April 16th, 2006 at 9:44 pm EST -
Violet says:
What? Are you suggesting that my eggs look a little messy? A little below the standard one would expect from a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine et de Pâtisserie? Perish the thought. It’s just the delirium tremens that makes my hand shake.
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Paul Tergeist says:
No, they don’t look messy, but I was expecting swirls. “Girls use swirls”.
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gordo says:
I have to buy a camera so I can share things like this with my readers. How they would delight to see the festive bowl of Grape Nuts that adorned my table!
I’m so glad that the grocery stores will be re-opening soon, so I can get some variety back into my diet. I really have to plan better for Easter next year.
And your dogs are very cute. Does the skunk-faced one always insist on having a pillow, or was this a special treat for him?
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Violet says:
The “skunk-faced one”? That’s my darling baby girl, Molly. And yes, she must always have a pillow when she sits on the sofa.
The doggies aren’t all mine. This was a family get-together, so Molly was joined by her three cousins (the third was sleeping on the floor when this shot was taken).
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Violet says:
To Will: My email is down, so yes, I did have a nice Easter (as you see). Welcome back from your secret mission to the snake place. Alon has acknowledged that you were with him in Israel for the Passover Seder, but he doesn’t know (or won’t divulge) where you went after that.
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Violet says:
Gordo, here’s a better picture of Molly: 5 minutes ago in the backyard
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Txfeminist says:
YOU HAVE SHELTIES!!!!!! OMG, favorite dog ever!
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will says:
You belong to a sewing group, dont you?
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Violet says:
Tx: Shelties are the bestest dogs. Do you have a Sheltie?
Will: Actually it’s a bridge club, but we do occasionally get together for sewing parties after lunch at the country club.
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Txfeminist says:
Used to….(sniffle). One of my long-gone shelties was a food freak. He’d eat anything you gave him in one snap. Once, he ate an olive. Pizza was his favorite. If he smelled or saw pizza, he’d go berserk.
Your dogs are seriously cute.
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Paul Tergeist says:
I admit I was too embarassed to ask what kind of dogs those are. They do look like crosses between collies and skunks and one imagines they sound like Pomeranians or Chihuahuas. But if that’s what you like, you sure have a nice one!
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Paul Tergeist says:
Ladies, this is one of my fave sites and, since the conversation includes dogs anyway, I thought I’d show it to you. Even feminists cannot refrain from oogling this site for hours.
http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/
Remember Socks, I like you the way you are. Don’t get trout pout.
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Paul Tergeist says:
Socks, you are 5’7″, 140ish, have long straight dark hair (colored) that is well brushed and don’t wear much lipstick.
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Violet says:
Nope.
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Paul Tergeist says:
I knew that.
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will says:
She wears bright red lipstick, long stiff dresses, and pointy shoes. And a hat. Always a hat.
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Violet says:
I change my lipstick to match my dress, which is always in bright hues of pink, coral, rose, or red. I wear pastel pumps and pearl necklaces. Even when I vacuum.
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will says:
“I wear pastel pumps and pearl necklaces. Even when I vacuum.”
Ah HA!!! VioletSocks works for Naked Maids!
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RedDragon says:
Hehe. And I bet you have a myriad of marigold gloves too, right? Those pink and yellow ones. That you wear even when not washing dishes.
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Alon Levy says:
And you probably have more pairs of shoes than Carrie Bradshaw…
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Paul Tergeist says:
There are two opposing descriptions. One sounds like the good witch and the other sounds like the bad witch. Has anyone ever heard Violet speak? Did she say “Just tap your heels together three times and say “I want to go home.”"? Or was it “I’ll get you, my pretty!”?
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Søren Kongstad says:
Just found your blog, via Unscrewing the Inscrutable, read your FAQ.
All suspicions that you might be a man instantly vaporized when you presented this post.
I am not implying that a man wouldn’t make an easter bunny cake, but the lace thingies under the plates (sorry English only 2. language dunno what they are called), are a dead give away ;)
Nice blog, by the way.
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Violet says:
Thank you, Søren, and welcome.
I don’t know if you were just joshing about having suspicions I might be a man, but it is a fact that I’ve gotten quite a few emails from people asking if I really am a woman. And some people who have linked to my blog have said things like, “Dr. Socks, who is a woman or at least pretending to be one…” It’s a little weird.
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gordo says:
Violent–
You wear a coral dress and pumps when you vacuum? And I always imagined you vacuuming in a royal blue snowsuit.
And yet another promising fetish of mine is cruelly yanked away before it can really begin. (sigh)
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Pastor Pistle says:
to 23: Look at the dogs! Men don’t have funky dogs like that…..or, if they do, they aren’t brushed.
As for the rest, admittedly I could make a better Easter spread than that.
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Pastor Pistle says:
I mean MY GOD, where are the salad forks?!?!?!?!?
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gordo says:
Violent–
I just noticed the great picture of Molly. So you had a white Easter? Where do you live, Nome?
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Violet says:
No, the snow picture is from February.
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Violet says:
Pastor, these dogs aren’t brushed. They’re just naturally like that.
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Søren Kongstad says:
Hi Violet
Like I said I just found your blog, and like it. I was indeed just joking with the gender thing, I generally trust people, and basically it really doesn’t matter who you are, its what you say that count. Some bloggers are anonymous, some are not.
