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Each morning, the Manolios would drive around, collecting eggs. The eggs would be stored for future use in the basement. The paint was weatherproof, bright, and made the eggs sturdy under unpredictable Cleveland weather. The eggs, with their one-sided opening, would rest on dowel rods attached to a base.

When the Easter season was over, the eggs would be removed, sorted and stored for next year. Box upon box of colored eggs were stored in the basement, attic, garage and closets. Other egg installments were only displayed for one season. These were massive egg mosaics which were never, but should have been, called mosa-eggs achieved by Betty carefully creating a grid pattern that would determine which eggs went where.

The Manolios would then lay pegboards — large sheets of wood with lines of holes drilled in them — and insert the dowels into the holes of the pegboard. The Manolios hung up to 50, shells per year on panels with pegs. Then they carted everything outside and lit up the yard at night.

They've put similar displays in parades and at malls. It hasn't been easy. About 1, shells per year have cracked in handling. Tens of thousands have shattered in six attacks by snow, ice and hail.

Why bother with the struggle? It makes everybody happy. Police have had to monitor traffic on Linden and sometimes keep it moving. But a neighbor, Al Roberts, said he'll miss the show and the audience next year. It's been a true cross-section of humanity. Linden's hard to find: a dead-end off a dead-end. Take Ridgebury to Roland. Head north. Turn left on Ashwood. There is also homage to the Cleveland Cavaliers "they're flying this year too!

They start plans for the Easter display on January 1st and look to have it up for Palm Sunday, the week before Easter and the day Christians believe Jesus rode into Jerusalem and Holy Week begins. The eggs from the year before are stored in cardboard boxes. There are in a box and they are, of course, sorted by color. It is Ron's job to do the math and decide how many of each will be needed for Betty's creation. The Lyndhurst Fire Department takes Ron up in the high ladder each year so he can see the creation from an aerial view and take some wonderful pictures.

These are two lovely people whose eyes brighten every time a child oohs and ahhs over the scene. Ron and Betty Manolio in front of their Desoto Which is not to say adults don't ooh and ahh themselves. It is, after all, a spectacular site of beautiful colors and pictures and it is all done for nothing but a smile in return. Com ClevelandWomen. Com GreatLakesGeek.