The h2g2 Post: 15.04.19

Created Feb 15, 2019 | Updated Apr 14, 2019

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Posted: 15^th April 2019

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Homemade Easter bunny with flowers.

Here comes Peter Cottontail

Hoppin' down the bunny trail

Hippity hoppity, Easter's on its way….

Gene Autry on the radio, 1950s

Why did that song pop into my head this morning while I was making A-spaces? For one thing, the weather appears to be improving at last, even in western Pennsylvania, where the snows tend to linger. We spotted crocuses hiding among the old, dry grass, and the Post Office daffodils, while not yet flowering, have at least poked up green shoots.

Also, next Sunday is Easter (in the Western Tradition, let's not start that war again). Eggs are being dyed. Chocolate is being tortured into odd shapes. People are buying new hats. News outlets are trotting out weird factoids: did you know the reason we hard-boil eggs at Easter? Allegedly because eggs were forbidden during Lent. So the peasants saved them for an Easter feast. Sounds right to me.

I finally realised the reason Gene Autry popped into my head this morning: I was remembering my mother singing about Peter Cottontail. If you'd said 'Holy Week' to her, she would have been unhappy: she disapproved of liturgical calendars, which she thought were unchristian. But she loved the Easter Bunny, and Easter baskets, and such. I have a Proustian recollection of the food-colouring-and-vinegar mixture in the old cups, and dipping the eggs in carefully, trying to be patient and obtain the most supersaturated reds, blues, and greens I could, double-dipping in a try for purple... Easter eggs are fun. Make some with the kids.

Of course, the Hoggetts will make lots: they want targets for the Annual Easter-Egg Shoot.

h2g2 is ready.
Bunny eating grass

In this issue, Paigetheoracle has gone meta on us. There's an Easter egg in here. Bluebottle, in serious liturgical mode, has brought us the sign of a cross. We cater to all turns of mind.
There's lots of cheerful photography in here. And then there's Freewayriding. He's getting awfully paranoid about sunrises.
Speaking of paranoia, there's more fiction in this issue... You know you want to read this. What could go wrong, right?
Awix reviews a movie. SashaQ shoots the moon. Caiman Raptor Elk provides the Obligatory Cat. The cartoonists cartoon. We snark. It's a beautiful week in the neighbourhood.

Yes, they're working on the Pliny problem. In the meantime, go retro and read this beautiful ezine in all its old-fashioned glory. Send us more Stuff. Leave comments of an encouraging nature. Remember to sign up for the Meet, if you're going. (More on that next week.)

And have a wonderful Easter! χριστος ανεστι and here comes Peter Cottontail!

April Create Challenge:
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Dmitri Gheorgheni

NATURE SPRINGING
Colours of Wildlife: Cotylorynchus	Join the Q: Supermoon 2019
Splash of Colour	Duck!
CURIOSITIES
24 Lies a Second What's on?	Post Quiz Litigate this.
Picture Quiz 2legs' favourite.	Writing Right with Dmitri Stealing bad.
FAIR, WARMER, OR EARLY-MORNING PARANOIA
Obligatory Cat	Obligatory UFO
Sign of the Cross	Easter Egg (Meta)
LAUGHTER=BEST MEDICINE
Art History 101 Siren call.	Gheorgheniplex Where's the sofa?
Cartoon Corner Emotional clones.	Career Curiosities More work.
STORY TIME
h2g2 Story Stormwinds of Worthington.	h2g2 Story Synaesthesia (II).
Video Competitive grooming.	Literary Corner Serenading for beginners.
GIVE YOUR EYES A TREAT
h2g2 Photography Pots that do not live in glass houses.	h2g2 Photography Scenic parking, open all hours.
Desideria, Page 20	Outstanding Tree