No.207

WISE MEN SAY

Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony
(Mahatma Gandhi)

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Thanks to http://hazelruthes.blogspot.co.uk for the image

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The Easter Bunny is a symbol that had its origin in the pagan festival of the goddess Eastre. The Anglo-Saxons worshipped her through her earthly symbol the hare or the rabbit.

The Easter bunny was introduced to America by German settlers who arrived in the Pennsylvania Dutch country during the 1700s. Children believed that if they were good the Oschter Haw (Easter bunny) would lay a nest of coloured eggs. Boys would use their caps and girls their bonnets to make nests for the eggs. The use of elaborate Easter baskets came later as the tradition of the Easter bunny spread through out the country.

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Still Life with Peaches
by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

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Here are two very short poems -
very appropriate after the awful weather we've had lately

Spring is not the best of seasons.
Cold and flu are two good reasons;
wind and rain and other sorrow,
warm today and cold tomorrow.
(Anon)

First a howling blizzard woke us,
Then the rain came down to soak us,
And now before the eye can focus -
Crocus.
(Lilja Rogers)

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I've never seen anything like this before.
It's the Haute Dog Easter Parade at Long Beach, California.
Thanks to justinrudd for uploading it.



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ONE MORE WEEK TO GO!
And then this series of 80 plus comes to an end, being replaced by a new blog
TAKE FIVE WITH JOHN

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Thanks to http://vintagescrapbooking.blogspot.co.uk for the image

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