When I think of an Easter surprise my first thought is of Faberge who made the phrase famous.
From www.stpetersburger.com/, “The great tradition to give eggs for Easter goes back to ancient times. In Russia tsars always presented painted eggs to their confidants. Among the Easter eggs the world famous name was gained by Faberge’s firm that created eggs with surprises from gold, silver and presious stones. The first Faberge eggs was produced in 1884 for the tzar Alexander III.”
My second thought tends to be of the original Easter surprise: the empty tomb of Jesus of Nazareth.
The surprise I got this year has nothing to do with either of those, though.
I was sitting home alone when our RV started shaking. My first thought was that the strong wind gusts predicted for Monday came early. I was surprised they shook our RV so much because we are parked in a fairly sheltered spot. Then, I looked out the side window and the trees weren’t blowing.
My second thought was that friends had arrived unexpectedly and were shaking the RV. So I opened the front curtain but no one was there.
So, when Dave came home I told him I thought there was something wrong with our jacks because they didn’t provide the stability I expected.
That was when I learned I’d just experienced an earthquake! Its center wasn’t very close so it wasn’t very strong here but it sure was a surprise.
TTYL,
Linda
I guess I’ve learned how to sleep through almost anything because we didn’t feel a thing. People in Mesa said they felt it and I guess they are about 10 miles closer which might make the different. Or I just like to sleep.
Hey, Linda, we had the same thing happen here last month. I thought the washer had just gone to spin cycle, but Carol was in the house and she called and said the windows were ratteling. I think an RV is a good place to be in one of those things. Steve