First robin of spring!

[Grapes]

Spotted... and I got the pic to prove it!

Still waiting on first smell of BBQ wafting out of nowhere..

[robyn]

I saw my first robin today, too! He was lookin at me all cock-eyed.

[vesperstina]

That's a beautiful bird but first day of spring isn't until march 20th!

http://www.education-world.com/holid...s/spring.shtml

but i mean, besides me who actually pays attention to rules or calenders anyway?!

[mapleleaf4ever]

I saw a Robin last month.

[Grapes]

but i mean, besides me who actually pays attention to rules or calenders anyway?!

I pay attention to my calendar. It has Anna Kournikova on it.

You might say I pay TOO MUCH attention to my calendar.

Daylight savings in like 3 weeks. Cannot fucking wait... we've come a long way, but it's still getting dark at like 6pm.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

Easter is in late March this year. What the fuck, calendar people must have been asleep at the switch or something. I thought it was always a weekend in April??

[vesperstina]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Easter is in late March this year. What the fuck, calendar people must have been asleep at the switch or something. I thought it was always a weekend in April??

I thought Easter was in April too, but judging that all the stores are decked out in Easter egg shit earlier I thought otherwise. Oh well! More chocolate eggs earlier!

3weeks away and i'll be nearly outta school too!

[Grapes]

And I get another year of working outdoors in the suuuummertime.

High 5s all around.

[vesperstina]

cha cha cha! party!

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by vesperstina

That's a beautiful bird but first day of spring isn't until march 20th!

http://www.education-world.com/holid...s/spring.shtml

but i mean, besides me who actually pays attention to rules or calenders anyway?!

According to the Celtic calendar spring started on Feb. 2, and it peaks at the equinox.

Makes more sense, wouldn't you say, that summer PEAKS on the longest day instead of STARTING on it?

Silliness,
Dave "actually pays attention to rules and calendars" Leckie

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by vesperstina

I thought Easter was in April too, but judging that all the stores are decked out in Easter egg shit earlier I thought otherwise. Oh well! More chocolate eggs earlier!

3weeks away and i'll be nearly outta school too!

Ash Wednesday = First wednesday after first full moon after equinox.
Good Friday = Two days later
Easter Sunday = Two days later.

[vesperstina]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

According to the Celtic calendar spring started on Feb. 2, and it peaks at the equinox.

Makes more sense, wouldn't you say, that summer PEAKS on the longest day instead of STARTING on it?

Silliness,
Dave "actually pays attention to rules and calendars" Leckie

I'm not familiar with the Celtic calander, but if I were to follow any other calender than the Roman it'd definately be the Mayan, and I don't know when spring starts according to the Mayans.

Yeah, the 21st of June should be the peak day of summer, since the sun peaks out the longest.

[ebbomega]

Celtic Calendar says there are 8 major holidays in the year, called "Sabbats".

4 of the sabbats we know: 2 equinoxes (Fall and Spring, when the day is as long as the night), 2 soulstices (the longest and shortest day of the year). The other 4 are the "cross-quarterly sabbats" and appear at the change of the season in the celtic calendar:

February 2, Imbolc, First day of spring, we start to see small furry critters emerge from the ground (Hence the Groundhog Day superstition).

May 1, Beltane, First day of summer. Festivals are common around here.... Maypoles and flowers and whatnot. May the partying begin.

August 2, Lammas, First harvest, therefore beginning of autumn.

October 31, Samhaim, End of harvest, beginning of holing up for winter (honestly, what is there to farm except turnips in November?), also where that nasty Hallowe'en superstition came from as well.

[tvmann]

Here's a robin in my backyard:



Unfortunately the robin was killed and is being eaten by that hawk! I got this picture from a camcorder. I put up the actual video (complete with backing prog house music) but nobody saw it I guess.

[Grapes]

OMG.

Spring has been cancelled due to this picture. =(