Eggshelland is a unique Easter Display, presented by Ron and Betty
Manolio of Lyndhurst, Ohio.  This will be its 50th anniversary (our 49th year).
The entire front yard is transformed into different eggshell mosaic designs
each year, always including a 50ft. Cross and our mascot, the Easter Bunny.
     The display has grown from 750 shells in 1957.  We use 24 brilliant colors
of 1Shot, Outdoor Sign Paint enamel to paint the shells. As far as we know,  it
is the only display of it's kind in the world. The idea came from Ron's Mother, who placed dyed eggshells on bushes in front of her home.
     This is a family project.  We used to save our shells. Recently,  we have
 obtained them from several restaurants, but they have gone to liquid eggs. 
The Sidewalk Cafe uses fresh eggs.  Ron makes a hole the size of a dime in
the egg  and Betty shakes out the contents.  The shells are then washed and
 the edges of the hole trimmed.  After painting, the shells are stored by color in
 boxes, with 250 in each box.  They are used over and over again each year,
and repainted, if necessary, in the proper colors.
     Our average handling breakage is 1500 shells.  We have had three
disasters.  In 1998, we had a hail storm that destroyed 10,238 shells. In 2002,
an ice storm on top of 6 inches of snow broke 11,941, and in 2005, 6 inches of
heavy wet snow smashed 5,633 shells.
     The theme this year is A Blast from the Past .  The display includes; "The
Flintstones," with 16,536 shells,  "The Jetsons,"  with 11,464 shells, and
"Scooby-Doo" with 6,254 shells.  We always receive excellent local coverage,
and in 2000, we appeared on the Montel Williams Show, and were also
featured on Extreme Cuisine, and the Agri-Country Network.  We have  been featured on "Ripley's Believe it or Not," and a photo was sent out by
Associated Press that reached as far as the front page of an English language newspaper in Japan.  We were on the "Today Show" Easter morning 2006.
There is also a documentary on us in the works.  The display is lit at night,
  and will be up from April 1th  thru April 9th.    Happy Easter!

Ron and Betty Manolio                                                            NEW EGGSHELLS
1031 Linden Lane                                                                                  Courtesy of
Lyndhurst, Ohio 44124                                            Sidewalk Cafe - Painesville
(440) 442-6061                                                                  Sidewalk Cafe - Euclid
Creative Eggshell Displays  - Lectures                                        Nick J. Sarris

Directions: From intersection of Richmond Road and Ridgebury - make three left turns on Roland, Ashwood and Linden Lane.