Tree and Dog

Maundy Thursday, 2008.

List member friend LaVonne T. tells me that this is the earliest Easter will ever happen in our lifetime. The date for Easter is actually based on a lunar calendar used by the Hebrews to identify the date for Passover. That's why it moves around on our calendar. Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of Spring.

Which is today, actually. Spring begins today. The very next full moon is tomorrow.

This is the earliest any of us will ever see Easter. The next time it comes so early in the year our calendars will have 2228 printed on them.

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AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE

Unexpected cold snaps had destroyed the buds on my father's young peach tree for two years in a row. This spring Dad was ready. He replanted the sapling into a large box, mounted the box on wheels, and rolled the tree into the garage every time the temperature dropped.

One warm April day Dad was wheeling the tree out of the garage and he stopped to pick up the hose and give our old dog a drink before he watered the tree.

A neighbor was watching the scene with amusement. He finally called out to my father, "Frank, you're the only man I know who walks his tree and waters his dog!"

[seen everywhere but I'm blaming the Good, Clean Funnies List via Doc's Daily Chuckle]

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WISDOM for YOUR WEEK: "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." (Ephesians 4:29)

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