These cute little quail eggs don’t always take dye the way that I’d like them to, so creating the two pysanky with mallard ducks was more of a challenge than I anticipated. I was looking forward to the contrast of the mallard’s bright orange beak/feet and the rich green head and dark body. But then, what to have as a background colour? The deep wine colour of the body made any bright blue I tried go mottled, so I did what I always do at a time like this — reach for the purple! It took, and looks almost blue. So mallard ducks in water. Ha!
