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The very first Easter taught us this:
that life never ends and love never dies.
(Kate McGahan)
Looking close... on Friday! - EASTER WISHES
Smile on Saturday! :-) - FREE THEME
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Happy Easter everyone ! Hope you are keeping safe during these crazy times !
The Easter bunny did visit in the spring a few years ago when my girls would come around - - but no visitors today
Easter Sunday April 9, 2023 If ever the world has need of a risen Savior it's now.
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” John 20:1-2
Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). John 20:11-16
A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:26-29
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I did a fun Easter session yesterday and decided to get bold and bring some live rabbets, and did not regret it!
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Have you started to prepare for Easter (hm, if you celebrate it)? I made and painted some paper eggs during the weekend. It was so much fun and shooting them was even more fun. :-) Happy Monday!
Huge gathering on the beach for an Easter Sunrise Service. I viewed from the balcony. The service was to the left and not visible in this photo.
Early morning fog, after Easter Vigil at Waldsassen Abbey, Bavaria, Germany. Morgennebel nach der Osternacht in Abtei Waldsassen, Bayern
I hope you are all having a lovely Easter and not getting too sick on chocolate. :-)
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A tisket, a tasket, my green and yellow basket or :
A tisket, a tasket, my Easter yellow basket? LOL
Some fun for the season.
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Magda, (*_*)
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Easter morn with lilies fair
Fills the church with perfumes rare,
As their clouds of incense rise,
Sweetest offerings to the skies.
Stately lilies pure and white
Flooding darkness with their light,
Bloom and sorrow drifts away,
On this holy hallow’d day.
Easter Lilies bending low
in the golden afterglow,
Bear a message from the sod
To the heavenly towers of God.
(Louise Lewin Matthews)
Wish all of you a happy Easter!
Blessings of Peace and deep Joy!
LOVELIEST of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide. ......
The traditional Easter Simnel cake is a rich fruitcake with a layer of marzipan baked in the centre. The remaining marzipan is used to decorate the cake, along with seasonal flowers from the garden.
A common myth about Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as natives call it, is that the island experienced societal collapse due to cutting down the trees for statue building, causing an ecological disaster. This is only half the story. While the native Rapa Nui people did cut down the trees, it was to pave the way for agriculture when they first settled the island in the 13th century. The statues themselves were moved using ropes which made it look like they "walked". The islanders lived in relative peace and isolation away from the affairs of the world, until it came to their shores.
The downfall of Easter Island came when it was first discovered by the Dutch in 1722. First contact between the Dutch and Rapa Nui took a violent turn due to the anxieties of the Dutch when dealing with the natives. After this encounter, the Dutch left the island, but they left behind European diseases. The isolated islanders had no natural immunity to diseases like smallpox and many were wiped out. A Spanish expedition in 1770 brought a second wave of disease to the natives. The islanders lost faith in their ancestors who were supposed to protect them and began tearing down their statues. When James Cook arrived in 1774, he saw a demoralized people who feared outsiders.
For the next century, the island was the victim of rapacious slave raids with the worst one happening in 1862 by Peruvian slave raiders. This raid saw the capture of 1500 people, or half the islands population. This was met with international outrage, and they were released in 1863. Unfortunately, it was too late for a majority of the islanders, including the islands elders who understood the undeciphered rongorongo language. The island was soon annexed by Chile in 1888, fearing the possibility of the British or French annexing it. Much of the island was then turned into a sheep farm run by the Williamson-Balfour company. The natives that were left were forced to live in the town of Hanga Roa and work on the farm to make a living.
(90/365) An "Easter Cactus" bloom. Of course these are not cactuses, but succulents, and the name stems from their blooming around Easter time. This is actually the last surviving flower on this plant, for this year.
The moon rises on the eve of Easter Sunday 2022 next to the steeple of American Martyrs Church.
April's "Pink" moon is named by indigenous peoples after the blooming moss phlox or creeping phlox.
Tech Notes: For this photograph the focal length was 630mm and was taken in the blue hour with one exposure for the rising moon and another for the foreground. PhotoPills app used for the line up.
TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Hawaii -- Children were in for a treat at the annual Easter Eggstravaganza held at the track, here, March 31, 2012. Families participated in races, games; decorated cookies; ran and played in jump houses; hunted for Easter eggs; and even had a chance to meet the Easter Bunny.
....with a cheeky bunny, he's lost his whiskers, Happy Easter everyone :)
#18 Easter Eggs, 52 in 2022 challenge