MOURNING DOVE
     I never expected to have  Mourning Dove egg in the collection.  I have a Dove that lays eggs every year in my big blue spruce tree, and have hoped that, maybe, as she was cleaning out her nest I would find a broken one, mostly complete, but would never have taken one from her nest.  I didn't have to.  As hubby was crawling in the attic of the Central Denver Presbyterian Church, he and the building engineer found this in a rafter.  Not knowing what to do with it, the engineer almost threw it away, but hubby brought it home, thinking it was probably pigeon.  Nope.  It's definitely Mourning Dove.  It's dirty, I've washed it a few times, and I may try one more time, but I'm totally tickled to have this one in the collection. 

NOT PERFECT QUAIL
   Of all my imperfect eggs, this is the top of the mark.  How did that happen???  The woman than sold me the swan egg, gave me this one.  She had saved it for about a year, never knowing what to do with it.  When I told her about my collection, she made the offer, and I accepted.

NOT PERFECT CHICKEN
     It's flat side is not as visable as I could like, but it really is there.  This egg will not roll, apparently the hen laid his on a flat surface, and it stayed that way.  Lori wanted it in the collection and so do I.

NOT PERFECT TURKEY
   HOW????  No clue, but it is fun to look at.

NOT PERFECT TURKEY
       I understand the wrinkles in eggs, strange shapes in eggs, come from calcium deficiency.  Eggs do not come out of the hen nice and "egg shaped"  they're actually soft at the start and harden with air.  I don't care how it happen, I just think it's fascinating.

FABERGE STYLED PYSANKY
    There is a necklace, much smaller than this, that I took the idea from.  It's all gold, but the different layers makes the detail work.  On mine, I had to play with color density to get the same effect.  It was fun to figure out how to do the design.  For someone's who not an artist, I do OK

STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
      I do sing the song in my head as I move this egg around and maybe I should have posted a video of this one turning, 'cause its all there.  Vincent Van Gogh's work, especially this piece, has always intrigued me, and it didn't help when Doctor Who did an episode with his character, and yes I get teary-eyed when I watch it.