We have Easter snow too, though it's barely settling here in North London.
Happy Easter, Purim, and any other festivals you might have around the Equinox.
Chilly and bright in Durham with a thin skin of snow on the ground first thing. (In the 70s we'd have had this for much of April, too.) The ski slopes in the North Pennines might well be in business.
Five inches of Easter snow fell here in Farmington, the temperature's hovering just below freezing and there's a promise of more flurries later today. It's beautiful, covering the early spring muck. Best wishes to all.
Happy Easter from the Fraser Valley, British Columbia (Canada) everyone! Don't eat TOO much chocolate...
(And don't forget the real reason for Easter!)
Every town in Scotland seems to have its own holiday up and down the year, though - usually, in my experience, when I turn up in one needing to buy something; everything's shut, and the inhabitants are engaging in fearsome sports or galloping over the mountains with assegais or whatever.
Happy Resurrection Sunday, (Easter), from Twin Falls, Idaho! We used to get snow occasionally on Easter but haven't had any for many years. Everything seems to be warming up and drying out in this area. Not good for our farm, but it makes for some bright and warm spring holidays. Cheers to you all!
Does that mean the bears have moved further up the mountains out of your way, or does it mean they're raiding your bins when they should be hibernating?
And if he sees his/her shadow, there will be six more weeks of easter?? I believe the easter bunny is female.....think about it now. Unless, he's got a slave labor hen house.
The bunnies have definitely gone back into their eggs in Durham. It feels more like New Year in Stalingrad, though I lack the experience wherewith to buttress this assertion. Eostre is evidently working to rule or something.
Rabbits we've got far too many of. But, round these parts, there used to be 'mad' March hares commonly seen at this time of year. I don't suppose I've seen any of those for a dozen years. Wish they'd come back. I think what happens is, now that there are hunting and coursing bans, nobody cares about them, so the farmers just shoot them as vermin.
The term mad "March" hare came about through a misconception that they "boxed" only in March. This was because of old farming practices that had fields lain bare at this time of year. They also box when the corn is high, you just don't see them. It's possible Ben that hares around your neck of the woods are still pretty common, but illusive. (Why would the farmer shoot the hares, but not the rabbits?)
Yesterday was a "feast" day for the gulls (herring, black backed, lesser black backed, black headed and common) in edinburgh. Every scrap of open parkland with even a hint of an incline was littered with bashed-up hard-boiled hens eggs. And by this morning, not even the painted shells remain.
Ha, reminds of the classic line in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Bob Hoskins asks Roger's wife Jessica Rabbit, "I don't get it, just what do you see in Roger?"
She replies (with the sulty voice of Kathleen Turner), "He's a rabbit, ain't he."
Haven't seen a hare for yonks, including in places where seeing one or more was generally to be guaranteed. I doubt if shooting or hunting has brought this about, though possibly it has. Rather sad, and a bit of a mystery.
Phantom Button, Me too, our favorite easter candies come in large quantities, far too much for my granddaughter to get during her egg hunt, so we ate the leftovers. The things we do for family......
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter everyone! May God bless you all.
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by jasonb
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Have a lovely one .. and easy on the Easter eggs!
D
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by Welshman
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We have Easter Snow this year - rare when you live in Western Europe close to the sea...
Time for a tune !
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by Henk Bos
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Happy Easter to you all
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by mehitabel23
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We have Easter snow too, though it's barely settling here in North London.
Happy Easter, Purim, and any other festivals you might have around the Equinox.
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by Guernsey Pete
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Chilly and bright in Durham with a thin skin of snow on the ground first thing. (In the 70s we'd have had this for much of April, too.) The ski slopes in the North Pennines might well be in business.
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by nicholas
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Five inches of Easter snow fell here in Farmington, the temperature's hovering just below freezing and there's a promise of more flurries later today. It's beautiful, covering the early spring muck. Best wishes to all.
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by fidkid
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Happy Easter to all from Boston, where it's 30 degrees and (at last) sunny.
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by Greg the Piano Tuner
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Happy Easter All- from IRELAND.. jim,,,
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by FIDDLE4
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Happy Easter from the Fraser Valley, British Columbia (Canada) everyone! Don't eat TOO much chocolate...
(And don't forget the real reason for Easter!)
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by Tasia
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we don't even get a holiday in Scotland. Damn heathens
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by Bren
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Every town in Scotland seems to have its own holiday up and down the year, though - usually, in my experience, when I turn up in one needing to buy something; everything's shut, and the inhabitants are engaging in fearsome sports or galloping over the mountains with assegais or whatever.
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by nicholas
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Happy Easter from sunny Phoenix - you're all welcome to come here for a session to warm up your bones.
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by Jusa Nutter Eejit
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Happy Resurrection Sunday, (Easter), from Twin Falls, Idaho! We used to get snow occasionally on Easter but haven't had any for many years. Everything seems to be warming up and drying out in this area. Not good for our farm, but it makes for some bright and warm spring holidays. Cheers to you all!
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by Tyler
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Does that mean the bears have moved further up the mountains out of your way, or does it mean they're raiding your bins when they should be hibernating?
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by nicholas
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Ah.. Easter... the day when we celebrate how the Easter Bunny came out of his hole and saw his shadow... and laid an egg?
Happy Bunny Day
# Posted on March 23rd 2008 by Phantom Button
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The Easter Bunny isn't too creative at my house -- leaves his eggs in the hen house. Thought I heard squawkin' this morning!
Beautiful 74 degrees here. Spring fever has hit us very hard...zzzzzz
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by Char B
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And if he sees his/her shadow, there will be six more weeks of easter?? I believe the easter bunny is female.....think about it now. Unless, he's got a slave labor hen house.
I'm moving to Scotland
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by Bodhi
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The bunny dropped off a big basket of bunny-shaped chocolates and eggs at my house this morning. All it means for me is six more weeks of feeling fat.
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by Phantom Button
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The bunnies have definitely gone back into their eggs in Durham. It feels more like New Year in Stalingrad, though I lack the experience wherewith to buttress this assertion. Eostre is evidently working to rule or something.
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by nicholas
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Ah yes, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn; Eostre or Ostera. Whose principal festival was held at the vernal equinox.
But as the proverb says: "The nearer to the lamp, the darker the shadow."
Do they still hunt hares on Easter day in England?
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by Bodhi
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Lucky if you can find a hare these days. They're getting quite rare. Which is a shame. They're beautiful, fascinating animals.
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by benhall.1
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The hare population has recovered nicely on this country. Not to mention the rabbits hopping around in our garden. It is snowing btw.
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by kuec
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Rabbits we've got far too many of. But, round these parts, there used to be 'mad' March hares commonly seen at this time of year. I don't suppose I've seen any of those for a dozen years. Wish they'd come back. I think what happens is, now that there are hunting and coursing bans, nobody cares about them, so the farmers just shoot them as vermin.
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by benhall.1
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The term mad "March" hare came about through a misconception that they "boxed" only in March. This was because of old farming practices that had fields lain bare at this time of year. They also box when the corn is high, you just don't see them. It's possible Ben that hares around your neck of the woods are still pretty common, but illusive. (Why would the farmer shoot the hares, but not the rabbits?)
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by llig leahcim
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Yesterday was a "feast" day for the gulls (herring, black backed, lesser black backed, black headed and common) in edinburgh. Every scrap of open parkland with even a hint of an incline was littered with bashed-up hard-boiled hens eggs. And by this morning, not even the painted shells remain.
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by llig leahcim
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Oh, I think they shoot the rabbits alright, Michael. It's just that they breed like ... um ... well ... rabbits ... so there's always plenty of them.
... and I know they (hares) box at other times - it's just that they seem to do it more at the start of the breeding seaon, around March.
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by benhall.1
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Ha, reminds of the classic line in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Bob Hoskins asks Roger's wife Jessica Rabbit, "I don't get it, just what do you see in Roger?"
She replies (with the sulty voice of Kathleen Turner), "He's a rabbit, ain't he."
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by llig leahcim
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I vaguely remember Mick Doonan playing The March Hare, presumably http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/753
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by kuec
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Haven't seen a hare for yonks, including in places where seeing one or more was generally to be guaranteed. I doubt if shooting or hunting has brought this about, though possibly it has. Rather sad, and a bit of a mystery.
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by nicholas
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Rabbits don't seem to be have tunes named after them the way hares do. Are they non-traditional?
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by nicholas
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Well, they may not be traditional ...
... but they're certainly long in the tooth ...
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by benhall.1
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A very quick glance in Tunes shows 8 pages devoted to tunes about hares and just 1 to tunes about bunnies.
(I suspect that rabbits feature more largely in Old-Time American music tune-lists than they seem to on this side of the pond.)
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by nicholas
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Ugh!!! I have a chocolate hangover...
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by Phantom Button
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Phantom Button, Me too, our favorite easter candies come in large quantities, far too much for my granddaughter to get during her egg hunt, so we ate the leftovers. The things we do for family......
# Posted on March 24th 2008 by AlBrown