At first, I had the idea to put my fortunes in walnut shells. But I anticipated a very high breakage rate from any walnuts I shelled, and I was having some trouble coming up with fortunes.

Months went by, and then I thought of eggshells. This notion had the disadvantage that the eggshells were not exactly openable (I don't think breaking something is the same as opening it). However, I considered that the fortunes could be placed in such a way that they could be pulled out of the eggs without breaking them.

Missing from this completion are pictures of the first batch of blown-out eggs, which a raccoon discovered on our back porch and smashed. Also lost in cyberspace: pics of omelettes and a baked custard, made with the byproduct of this task.

But here I have what I actually ended up with. I placed the cookies on the day of the Fairfax Festival, when I figured they would be discovered and, if they fell into receptive hands, re-deployed (explanation below).