Black Mountain

The greening of the mountains from Tanbark Ridge overlook, elevation 3175 feet, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina. The road seen in upper left is the parkway as it continues northeast. Can you see the little houses, including my favorite, the red roofed one?

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Ostara and eggs

 

Pysanky by Andrea Kulish

As most of us know (the elders at least) Easter in the western world is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox.

Couldn't get much more pagan than that!

Osestra included a celebration of the awakening world of vegetation and little animals being born. What's more appropriate than eggs?

Prayer Honoring the Goddesses of Spring
Hail, and welcome!
Green life returns to the earth
blooming and blossoming
once more from the soil.
We welcome you,
goddesses of spring,
Eostre, Persephone, Flora, Cybele,
in the trees,
in the soil,
in the flowers,
in the rains,
and we are grateful
for your presence.
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  1. AnvilcloudMarch 21, 2023 at 5:37 AM

    Those eggs are quite beautiful.

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    1. Barbara RogersMarch 21, 2023 at 10:43 AM

      A photo from the net. Can't take credit for the beautiful eggs either. But I love 'em.

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  2. William KendallMarch 21, 2023 at 5:42 AM

    Colourful!

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  3. eileeninmdMarch 21, 2023 at 6:55 AM

    The eggs are beautiful! Love the prayer! Take care, have a happy day!

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  4. TomMarch 21, 2023 at 7:14 AM

    ...whatever you call it, spring is in the air here.

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  5. MarciaMarch 21, 2023 at 9:33 AM

    I've enjoyed making those kinds of eggs but probably not this year one-handed.

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    1. Barbara RogersMarch 21, 2023 at 10:45 AM

      I hope your other had is healing. I used to have fine motor skills for tiny brushes...no more.

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  6. NewRobin13March 21, 2023 at 10:11 AM

    Happy Spring equinox! Beautiful painted eggs.

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    1. Barbara RogersMarch 21, 2023 at 10:45 AM

      Happy Spring Equinox back to you. Love these eggs!

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  7. Vicki LaneMarch 22, 2023 at 9:14 PM

    Oh, those eggs! Perhaps in another lifetime I'll learn how to do that.

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    1. Barbara RogersMarch 23, 2023 at 3:38 PM

      I learned early on how to blow out the innards of eggs, then could paint them as people, animals etc and have little collars for them to sit upon. Crafty me didn't eat hard boiled eggs!

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