There are Easter eggs for baskets and Easter eggs for computers, and for fun both types are hidden, the former only for the spring holiday, and
the latter at any time of year.
Still Life with Robin’s Nest
, an 1863 oil painting by Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923).Oddly enough, the
computer type of Easter egg is a little closer to nature in that, like the Robin’s nest of eggs concealed among the branches of trees, it is
more subtle than the often highly decorated traditional Easter egg.
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American Robin eggs in nest; photo by Laslovarga.