Happy Easter!

[DP]

To all...

[Rolando]

My FB post this morning...
The Christian holiday Easter has several names. The names differ depending on languages, but most are derived from Greek and Latin "pascha", which is taken from the Hebrew (Pesach), meaning Passover. The modern English term Easter developed from the Old English word Eastre or Eostre, which itself developed prior to 899, originally referring to the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre.
In nearly all Romance languages, the name of the Easter festival is derived from the Latin Pascha. In Spanish, Easter is Pascua, in Italian and Catalan Pasqua, in Portuguese Pascoa and in Romanian Pasti. In French, the name of Easter is Paques and also derives from the Latin word.

EDIT: I had to replace non standard characters with Phorum compliant characters.

[Speedy]

Happy Easter.

We’re also celebrating ice-out in the Twin Cities. A great sign of warmer times soon (high 39° today.)

https://www.startribune.com/ice-out-call...600165533/

Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Water Patrol deputies, along with members of the Freshwater Society, declared ice-out on Lake Minnetonka at 5:30 p.m. on April 15.

The ice-out declaration on the 14,500-acre lake, typically the last in the metro area to melt, is considered the official start to the boating season. It most commonly happens in mid-April, though it has occurred as early as March 11, in 1878, and as late as May 5, in 1857, according to Freshwater records.

Ice-out means a boat can maneuver through all of the lake's 37 bays and channels without frozen obstruction. although the water may still contain some chunks of ice.

The state Department of Natural Resources keeps records of ice-outs (and their wintry opposites, ice-ins) around the state. Many lakes around the Twin Cities and to its south have already opened.

(Folks are still ice fishing up north.)

[Bernie]

Happy Easter!

Did someone say Snow?

[Speedy]

Bernie wrote:
Happy Easter!

Did someone say Snow?

1” of snow today. It’ll be gone tomorrow because we’ll be getting up to 37°.

[rich in distress]

Bunnies!!

Happy Easter

[PeterB]

Happy Easter (and Passover, and Ramadan) everyone!

[hal]

[TheCaber]

hal wrote:

Are we sure this isn't a Donny Darko prequel?

[Yoyodyne ArtWorks]

Hallelujah, a goldfish left Lincoln logs in my sock drawer!