Easter Bunny

The "Easter Hare" was a sacred companion of the old goddess of spring Eastre. It has its origin in the pre-Christian fertility lore. (most fertile) They served as symbols of new life during the Spring season long before Jesus Christ was born. Parents told their children that the magic hare would bring them presents at the spring festival...painted eggs. In most places the Easter rabbit (bunny) has replaced the Easter hare completely.
The bunny was first used as a symbol of Easter in the l6th century Germany. The first edible Easter bunnies were made of pastry and sugar around the 1800's.
Children would make nests of grass and place them in their yards. They believed the bunny would fill these "baskets" with colored eggs during the night.
The Easter bunny was introduced to American folklore by the German settlers around the 1700's. The arrival of the "Oschter Haws" was considered "childhood's greatest pleasure next to a visit from Christ-Kindel on Christmas eve.
Later, the boys would use their caps and girls their bonnets to make the nests. Elaborate Easter baskets would come later.
Now, what is the difference between a hare and a rabbit. They both belong to the genus Lepus. Hares are very fast moving. The European Brown Hare can run at speeds of up to 45 mph. Hares are larger than most rabbits, with longer ears, and have black markings on their fur. Hares bear their young in a shallow flattened nest of grass called a form. Babies are born fully furred and with eyes open. The related rabbits and cottontail rabbits have their young in burrows below ground. They are born hairless and blind.
The hare in African folk tales is a trickster...Brer Rabbit. In English folklore the hare appears in the saying "as mad as a March hare". In Irish folklore the hare is often seen as an evil creature....with witches.

Just a little info to read while you eat your hard-boiled eggs.

Easter

Happy Easter. I thought I would share with you my little Easter project. I did not have an Easter basket, so I crocheted a rag basket. This was a good way to get rid of some of my little pieces of spring fabrics. It was fun and quick. If you need the directions, please let me know.

It's twins! Yes, we went out this morning to drive through the cattle. The calving is just about finished. There are 13 more to calve. We found a cow that had just had her calf. But then, we found a little one all curled up away from the herd. We got it up and realized the cow had had two calves. When a cow has two, they usually get confused and take care of only one. They do not realize they had two. But, like they say,"when a cow blinks, they think it is a new day." Many things happen with these cows to support this. The three of them are in a pen together and "mama cow" is doing a good job taking care of both.

Have you ever watched the movie, "Pollyanna"? this movie should be shown in schools at least once a week. I cannot remember what school showed this to its students, but it taught them to respect each other and look for the good in people. they fought less and performed better academically. What made me think of this? Well, I have had a crystal hanging in an east window for quite a while now. In "Pollyanna" crystals are very important in cheering up some of the people in the community. They brighten their days and lives. Anyway, when the sun comes up the crystal refracts the light and surrounds the room with rainbows. My 2-year old grandchild can't wait to get up to go in the room and chase the rainbows. She is already learning the colors of the rainbow. Remember Roy G Biv? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet? I think I need to put up a couple more crystals. This starts my day off on a positive note, also.

Go fish

I realized this morning that spring is here according to my koi fish. Starting around the time we get some serious frost, I stop feeding them. They snuggle together at the bottom of the pond and appear to be sleeping. They are hibernating. They will move a little during the winter but do not require food. Since they are not eating, the water does not become polluted as it does the rest of the year. Well, this morning they are swimming more around the top of the pond. The temperature will reach 65-70 today. So, I guess these are the signs I need to get with it and clean the pond, get the waterfall going, and feed the fish. No more sewing, drawing, writing, knitting, crocheting, painting. My jobs will be working on the yard and pond. Tomato seeds are sprouting in the house, and onions and radishes and lettuce will be planted out side this week. For some reason, these jobs are not as easy or fun as they used to be. I am sure it has nothing to do with age. I keep telling myself that 60 is the new 40. I say this over and over again. It has not made a difference yet.. Well, out I go to the new spring adventure.

Good morning. Today on the TV news I heard some more wrong grammar usage. How many times do you hear, "for you and I" ? for is a preposition and therefore uses the demonstrative case for its subjects.
Nominative case pronouns: I, we, he, she, they, who...it, you
Demonstrative case pronouns: me, us, him, her them, whom.....it, you
Try saying this....This cake is for us. Or...This cake is for we. You know it would be us. So, you would say ....This cake is for you and me. Thanks for listening.

Good morning. Today I am going to show you a math pattern that is fun.
1x1=1 There is one 1
11x11=121 There are two 1's
111x111=12,321 There are three 1's
1111x1111=1,234,321 There are...
11,111x11,111=123,454,321
111,111x111,111=12,345,654,321
1,111,111x1,111,111=1,234,567,654,321
11,111,111x11,111,111=123,456,787,654,321
111,111,111x111,111,111=12,345,678,987,654,321
Now watch what happens when there is one more 1...
1,111,111,111x1,111,111,111=1,234,567,900,987,654,321
There is no 8 and 0's begin...
11,111,111,111x11,111,111,111=123,456,790,120,987,654,321
111,111,111,111x111,111,111,111=12,345,679,012,320,987,654,321
1,111,111,111,111x1,111,111,111,111 = 1,234,567,901,234,320,987,654,321
And so forth... I love to find patterns in math. These patterns may be come rules.