Easter Bilby

Happy Easter!  OK, a few days late but I had to get artwork for this postcard.  By now, you've gone through the initial supplies of chocolate goodies, painted eggs, jelly beans and ham.  Perhaps you've already made a raid on the post-holiday, 50% off sales racks in the stores.  Look closely, you may be surprised at what you find.  I sure was.

 Hello Easter Bilby and Easter Wombat.  You may be hollow creations of Cadbury chocolate  but you bring great joy to Australian children on their way to diabetic shock. Never mind those Easter bunnies, a reminder of the scourge they have become on this land after some farmer brought them in from Europe for hunting without realizing they had no natural enemies to keep their numbers down. A pox on them. We have the shy Bilby, with its looooong ears, loooong nose and looong tail to immortalize in mounds of theobroma.   And let us not forget you, O Humble Wombat, built like a fire hydrant with four legs and a hairy nose.  You have a cute name and are positively adorable with your fur the color of milk chocolate. munch, munch, munch. No wonder Aussies of all ages hold you in awe and fond memory.
     What is noticeably missing here are the mounds jelly beans that appear at Easter time in North America. And outside a few notable cultural cliques (like the Polish Heritage Centre), decorated  chicken eggs don't figure prominently in the celebrations.  Did I smuggle a PAAS egg dyeing kit into the country? Can't find it if I did.  That's OK,  I'm good.  And waiting for the 75% off sales.