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Offline Jeff Wrangler

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Re: All things Easter, Spring Solstice, Passover, or Ostara
« Reply #120 on: April 18, 2022, 04:52:42 pm »
Quote from: Penthesilea on April 18, 2022, 04:00:13 am
Today is another public holiday, so we're taking it slow and lighting up the firebowl in the evening. First time this year, which feels like officially opening the garden season ;D




Just don't stick your boot in the fire bowl.  ;D

I forgot to mention I also saw two robins fighting. At least, I think they were fighting. They were flying at each other, furiously flapping their wings at each other. One finally took off out of the backyard. I don't remember what the other did.

Does anybody know what robins do to attract a mate?
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Re: All things Easter, Spring Solstice, Passover, or Ostara
« Reply #121 on: April 18, 2022, 04:58:18 pm »
Siri says they sing loudly. Also "courtship feeding". The early bird gets the worm!
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Re: All things Easter, Spring Solstice, Passover, or Ostara
« Reply #122 on: April 05, 2023, 03:47:02 pm »
For those who celebrate.


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Re: All things Easter, Spring Solstice, Passover, or Ostara
« Reply #123 on: April 05, 2023, 06:28:08 pm »
Thank you Chuck, and happy Easter to you.
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Re: All things Easter, Spring Solstice, Passover, or Ostara
« Reply #124 on: April 06, 2023, 08:16:55 am »
Time to stock up on chocolate bunnies, peanut butter-filled candy eggs, and Peeps!
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Re: All things Easter, Spring Solstice, Passover, or Ostara
« Reply #125 on: April 09, 2023, 10:05:20 am »
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Re: All things Easter, Spring Solstice, Passover, or Ostara
« Reply #126 on: April 09, 2023, 01:54:34 pm »
A joyous Easter or Passover to you all (or Ramadan, or Spring)! I went shopping for Easter candy for my grandchildren and was looking for my favorites--malted milk Easter eggs. But I couldn't find them anywhere! I ended up buying Swiss chocolate. I hope they appreciate the difference between that and Hershey's.
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Re: All things Easter, Spring Solstice, Passover, or Ostara
« Reply #127 on: April 10, 2023, 03:31:13 pm »
Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 09, 2023, 01:54:34 pm
A joyous Easter or Passover to you all (or Ramadan, or Spring)! I went shopping for Easter candy for my grandchildren and was looking for my favorites--malted milk Easter eggs. But I couldn't find them anywhere! I ended up buying Swiss chocolate. I hope they appreciate the difference between that and Hershey's.

Every supermarket or drug store I was in this season had much less Easter candy than in years gone by. One even had its remaining Easter candy on close-out--on Good Friday!  :o
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Re: All things Easter, Spring Solstice, Passover, or Ostara
« Reply #128 on: April 11, 2023, 10:59:03 am »
strange.   CVS by me had a full aisle with Easter candy and stuff.
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Re: All things Easter, Spring Solstice, Passover, or Ostara
« Reply #129 on: March 12, 2025, 10:26:38 pm »
I have been puzzling and puzzling till my puzzler is sore over why Easter is April 20 this year, and not April 13. Easter is conventionally said to occur on the first Sunday after the first full moon that happens on or after March 21--right? So two different calendars I've seen show the first full moon after March 21 as occurring Saturday, April 12. So why isn't Easter the next day, Sunday, April 13?

I guess this is the answer.

"The full moon in April 2025, also known as the 'Pink Moon,' will occur on Sunday, April 13th, at 00:22 GMT (April 12, 8:22 p.m. EDT)."

This was an AI generated response when I googled the question "When is the full moon in April 2025?"

So the date of Easter is calculated by when the full moon occurs at the Prime Meridian?  I guess this explains it? Full moon is (I presume) 22 minutes after midnight at the Prime Meridian, which makes it actually April 13, therefore Easter is the following Sunday, April 20. I guess this also explains why the calendars I've consulted show the full moon as occurring Saturday night, April 12--those calendars are based on some longitude in the U.S.

I've never heard of the Pink Moon.
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