Saturday, April 12, 2014
Easter is almost here and this weekend there were plenty of people celebrating around Atlanta. Numerous egg hunts happened all over the metro area and I found myself at one early Saturday morning at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. Families and children were treated to all sorts of dinosaur related activities culminating in the museum’s annual Dinosaur Egg Hunt. Thousands of eggs were “hidden” on the front lawn of the museum as children lined up to find as many as they could and place them in their baskets. When I think of egg hunts as a child I remember one Easter when my aunt and her family came to visit. My sisters, cousins and I waited for eggs to be hidden all over my parent’s yard. The mad rush of trying to find as many eggs as we could and the surprise of finding the golden egg hidden behind my uncle’s license plate on his car which happened to flip down to hide the gas cap, which was where they used to place them on older model cars. Things have obviously changed since then but every time I photograph an egg hunt that fond memory pops into my head.
Elijah Simmons reaches up to try and pop bubbles during the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Caryn Robinson jumps into the air to try and pop bubbles during the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Olivia Moore (right) blows bubbles to keep them in the air as Caryn Robinson and Andi Laird watch during the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Joshua Black (left) and his brother Caleb carry their baskets as they wait for the start of the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Nigel Hollis (right) carries a giant egg as he hands it off to Tyson Cook during the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Luke Hardy (left) tries to take his basket off of his brother Logan’s head during the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Katie Johnson (center) and London Davidson (left) wait for the start of one of the egg hunts during the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Gavin Ledford tries to get a head start on collecting eggs during the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Sadie Murphy (center) pics up eggs to put in her basket during the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Andi Laird (right) and her mother Carling open eggs during the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Emma Hart (center) pics up eggs to put in her basket during the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Liam Chenevey (center) pics up eggs to put in his basket during the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Will Koenig (left) and his mother Kristin open eggs during the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Bianka Kucelin (center bunny ears) pics up eggs to put in her basket during the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt in Atlanta on Saturday, April 12, 2014.