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Scotsman
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Eggs-calibur, Egg Sheeran, Grogu and an all star cast
The Easter Holidays are nearly over – how time flies when there are long weekends to be enjoyed and chocolate to be devoured! Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... On Easter Sunday, I threw an Egg Painting Party. An event which I have been hosting for over 25 years and home to the best painted eggs you have ever seen, all meticulously created at the kitchen island craft station. Children enjoying an Easter egg hunt. Photo: Adobe Guests are presented with everything they could possibly need to create their masterpiece: paint, glitter, gems galore! Each egg is then put on display and the judging begins… Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Points are awarded for style, creativity and elegance with chocolate egg prizes up for grabs. As usual, the judges had their work cut out for them. Some highlights included Eggs-calibur, the mythical creature Grogu, Egg Sheeran, Peppa Pig, and three brilliantly painted Mr Men, with the ultimate prizes going to an expertly crafted Pink Flamingo and a beautiful Koi Carp Pond. You had to be there to really experience it - but each year I get more and more impressed at the egg painting talent! I used to preserve each egg and display them every year for new participants to come and marvel over each creation made in years gone by, until one fateful year when I accidentally dropped them. They crashed to the ground, cracked open and we were met with an overpowering stench of rotten egg… Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Safe to say, I only photograph them now. And it wouldn't be an Easter party without a good old-fashioned Egg Hunt! We hide over a hundred little chocolate eggs around the garden before letting the kids loose with their baskets to find as many as they can. No one goes home empty handed, although I do feel a little guilty about the sheer number of chocolate eggs that the children can get their hands on. I try my best to balance this out by ensuring there aren't too many other goodies on the table – sandwiches, sausage rolls and a couple of wee cakes for the grownups. There was very little left this year – the sign of a good party when we are only tidying up empty plates.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Yahoo
Suspect in Old Pink arson given home confinement at parents' house
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The suspect in the Old Pink arson last June will now be allowed to be placed under home confinement at his parents' home in Grand Island, the U.S. Attorney's Office confirmed to WIVB News 4 on Thursday. John Burns, 40, is the man accused of setting off the fire at the iconic Allen Street bar in the early morning hours of June 17, 2024. In September, Burns was sent to an inpatient treatment facility to address physical and mental health issues. He returned to court in January to face charges related to the fire and has been in county jail. Conditions of his home confinement include GPS monitoring as well as substance abuse and mental health treatment. According to an affidavit last year, Burns was approached by a patron confronting him about his behavior towards women prior to the arson. Burns allegedly attempted to fight the patron, who formerly worked security for the bar, before the patron knocked him over. Following that encounter, Burns allegedly told the former guard, 'I'll be back motherf*****,' adding, 'I'll burn that b**** down' and 'ain't nobody going to have a job,' the affidavit states. Video shows the building being burned down around two hours following the encounter. The affidavit said Burns appeared to start the fire with a propane plumbers torch. Damages were estimated at $1.25 million. The bar, which had become beloved in the neighborhood, was torn down in the hours following the blaze. Fire dispatchers said on the scanner, 'how do you put a price tag on the old Pink Flamingo?' Aidan Joly joined the News 4 staff in 2022. He is a graduate of Canisius College. You can see more of his work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
