EASTER TREES?

Ever find out something that made you feel like everyone had been in on it except you, like Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live!? Over the course of the last few days I've realized that I've been living in the midst of something that I never knew existed - the cult of the Easter Tree. Have y'all ever seen one? Last Easter was my first one here in the 'Burgh and I discovered what I then thought was a quirky local tradition, the Easter Tree. People string plastic easter eggs together and hang them, along with inflatable easter bunnies, on trees & shrubs in their from yards. I figured they were just another wacky thing the locals did and, after not getting around to taking any pictures of them, they were quickly forgotten.

When this Easter rolled around Adale reminded me that I wanted to take pictures of Easter Trees & we found some really exciting ones. Wondering what the hell was up with these I used The Google and found out that people make these things in various locations throughout our great land. I also asked a few people about them, people who had lived outside of Pittsburgh, and they were surprised that I had never made one. Even though I know that I've only lived in certain kinds of neighborhoods in a limited number of cities, I was really surprised that I had never even heard of Easter Trees let alone seen one before moving to SWPA. Maybe people I know made Easter Trees and I never saw them for some reason. Maybe I'm a ghost like Bruce Willis in that movie with the creepy kid who can only whisper.