2011.04.24 07:00 - Easter Sunday and Renewal

The Guardian for this meeting was Adams Rubble. The comments are by Adams Rubble.

Adams Rubble: Hello Druth :)
druth Vlodovic: hi adams
druth Vlodovic: gtsy
SophiaSharon Larnia: good morning :)
druth Vlodovic: hi aunt sharon
Adams Rubble: great to see you too :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
Adams Rubble: Hello Sharon :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: Adams, you look so nice this easter morning!
SophiaSharon Larnia: and Druth :D
Adams Rubble smiles
druth Vlodovic: oh, I just get second billing sniff
Adams Rubble: I was up early for a bicycle ride and watched the sun rise
druth Vlodovic: nice
SophiaSharon Larnia: hey Druth not at all, the red just jumped out at me lol
Adams Rubble: Hello Susan and Hana :)
druth Vlodovic: hi hana lol
iwandertoo Resident: waves
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Hana :) Hi Susan
Hana Furlough: Hey everyone!
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh wow Adams
druth Vlodovic: it is a nice dress, looks very good on you adams
SophiaSharon Larnia: beautiful day for it, I think
SophiaSharon Larnia: lovely easter dress Susan :)
iwandertoo Resident: thank you :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: what a nice thing to do this morning, watch the sun rise
Adams Rubble: Of course now I am sleepy :)
Hana Furlough: : )
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: i spend the night and early morning watching biblical shows on the history channel ha
Adams Rubble: :)
Hana Furlough: cool!
Adams Rubble: Please say more Sharon :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: and somehow started reading the apocrypha
Adams Rubble: Hello Xirana :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: the one that really struck me, is a graphic artist made a 3d model of jesus based on the shroud of turin
Hana Furlough: Hi Xirana!
iwandertoo Resident: waves
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Xirana :)
druth Vlodovic: hey xir
Xirana Oximoxi: hi to all:)
SophiaSharon Larnia: and they claimed it is still unknown how it was made
Xirana Oximoxi: ah! it's nice with the grass:)
SophiaSharon Larnia: it is :)
Adams Rubble: yes, it is the first time I have seen it
Xirana Oximoxi: more springtime
SophiaSharon Larnia: needs some flowers :)

Xirana Oximoxi: voilà!
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: yayyy
Adams Rubble: Spring has sprung
SophiaSharon Larnia: boing
Xirana Oximoxi: wonderful!
Hana Furlough: nice!!!
--BELL--
Xirana Oximoxi: do you also have the tradition to eat cakes with eggs made of chocolat?
SophiaSharon Larnia: eegs made of chocalate, baked int he cake?
SophiaSharon Larnia: eggs*
Xirana Oximoxi: no put over the cake
Adams Rubble: sounds delicious :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: ohh, sounds yummy
Xirana Oximoxi: http://www.google.es/search?q=mona+de+pascua&hl=ca&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=MDG0TabEOJKJhQe5mdTkDw&sqi=2&ved=0CCYQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=830
SophiaSharon Larnia: mostly chocalate bunnies and jelly beans
Xirana Oximoxi: here some pictures
SophiaSharon Larnia: wow looks like a basket :D
Hana Furlough: looks nummy!
Xirana Oximoxi: :))
Adams Rubble 's mouth waters
Xirana Oximoxi: I don't know from where this tradition comes
druth Vlodovic: the connection between chocolate and fertility is very mysterious
Adams Rubble: we have chocolate easter eggs
Hana Furlough: xirana, where do they make that cake?
Xirana Oximoxi: ah! then it's more or less the same,:)
Xirana Oximoxi: in Catalonia, Spain
Hana Furlough: nice!
SophiaSharon Larnia: can you say more Druth?
Adams Rubble: Hello Brian :)
druth Vlodovic: oh, easter, spring, bunnies, red eggs etc
Xirana Oximoxi: and chocolate is said to be afrodisiac (sometimes:) ...so, maybe there is the connexion with fertility :))
Adams Rubble: Hello Bruce :)
Hana Furlough: Hi Brian
SophiaSharon Larnia: smiles
Xirana Oximoxi: hi Bruce, Brian:)
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Bruce hi Brian
Brian Roop: hello all
Bruce Mowbray: Holy Cow! And hello -- and Happy Easter, everyone!
druth Vlodovic: hey bruce, brian
SophiaSharon Larnia: laughs
Bruce Mowbray looks through the tall grass for a place to sit.
iwandertoo Resident: waves
Hana Furlough: Hi Bruce!
Adams Rubble: Happy Easter Bruce :)
Brian Roop: good grief, has anyone weeded here lately?
SophiaSharon Larnia: heh
Xirana Oximoxi: come near Bruce it's plenty of places
SophiaSharon Larnia: if only my weeds at home looked like these
druth Vlodovic: oh yes! and the weeds are coming along nicely
Hana Furlough: wildflowers...
SophiaSharon Larnia: i wouldnt mow my lawn
Brian Roop: bruce and me the token men today?
Bruce Mowbray: dont'f orget Blub, Brian.
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
druth Vlodovic: I accidentally mentioned the "celebration of spring" thing to a christian frend, who insisted it is a celebration of christs resurrection, I honestly don't see why it has to be either or
Hana Furlough: (yawn) must get to bed
SophiaSharon Larnia: brb, have to tend to stove
Hana Furlough: happy spring to all!
Adams Rubble: Hello Arch :)
Bruce Mowbray: Here come Arch -- that makes four.
iwandertoo Resident: ves
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Hana ntsy
Brian Roop: doesn't have to be at all
iwandertoo Resident: *waves
druth Vlodovic: happy spring hana, sleep well :)
Bruce Mowbray: Bye < hana!
Xirana Oximoxi: bye Hana
Adams Rubble: night Hana :)
Brian Roop: the christians baptized springfests
Xirana Oximoxi: Hi Arch
druth Vlodovic: hey arch
Brian Roop: hi arch
Archmage Atlantis: Hello all :)
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Arch.
Brian Roop: and the jews before the christians
Brian Roop: well i guess they didn't exactly bapttize spring but you know what i mean
Adams Rubble: It is a tme of renewal
Brian Roop: for sure
Archmage Atlantis: I promised myself to sit an be quiet this
Brian Roop: we're having a perfect spring day here in maryland
Xirana Oximoxi: yes! very important moment also in very ancient cultures
Xirana Oximoxi: why Arch?
SophiaSharon Larnia: back
Bruce Mowbray: We Ohioans are sending lots of rain over toward Maryland. . .
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh bruce thanks a lot :D
Archmage Atlantis: AM, but plopping down in a discussion of springtime and religion is going to make it difficult
Bruce Mowbray: '-)
Brian Roop: hang onto it until tomorrow, will yuz
Adams Rubble: Yeah like we need more rain
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
--BELL--
Bruce Mowbray waits to hear Arch wax eloquently concerning spring and religion....
SophiaSharon Larnia: started to wax and then deleted it lol
Brian Roop: well does the fact that religions appropriate springtime for festivals of renewed life invalidate them?
druth Vlodovic: the purpose of religion is to organize holidays, so no :)
Bruce Mowbray: invalidate those religions, or those festivals, or springtime itself, Brian?
SophiaSharon Larnia: i dont think so, humanity seems to value them
Adams Rubble: I would think the purpose of religion is to help with life's transitions
Brian Roop: don't know how one would invalidate springtime itself
SophiaSharon Larnia: I dont know if some of it is a throw back to an agricultural society or divine
Adams Rubble: each transiition is in a sense a renwal
Archmage Atlantis: The only eloquent waxing today is going to be with furniture polish and a cleaning rag :)
Brian Roop: heh
SophiaSharon Larnia: hehe
Adams Rubble: :) Arch
Xirana Oximoxi: :))
Brian Roop: why does it have to be either/or
druth Vlodovic: ah, spring cleaning, everything fresh and new
SophiaSharon Larnia looks at her messy house
Brian Roop: spring is a miracle but it doesn't account for itself
Bruce Mowbray looks at muddy yard.
druth Vlodovic: the christian easter is about renewal and rebirth as well, so I never think to suspect people of being offended
SophiaSharon Larnia: that too bruce
druth Vlodovic: fresh, new mud!
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes Druth re: renewal rebirth
Brian Roop: of course it's easter in the southern hemispherre too
Archmage Atlantis: Anyway, it is only spring in the Northern Hemisphere.......It's autumn south of the equator
Bruce Mowbray thinks: Fresh new mud for the dog to bring inside on his feet!
Brian Roop: wonder what they make of that, with winter coming on
Adams Rubble: It is too bad someone got offended Druth
Brian Roop: who got offended? about what?
druth Vlodovic: not here, in IM
Brian Roop: oh
Bruce Mowbray: Blub is never offended -- only frightened.
SophiaSharon Larnia: aww
Brian Roop: aw, no one would harm him here
Bruce Mowbray: but then Blub never receives IM's, come to think of it.
Adams Rubble: :)
Brian Roop: lacks the proper processor
Archmage Atlantis: And Koya just watches to see if humanity will make it, or the other animals will have to start over *gg*
SophiaSharon Larnia: :) arch
Adams Rubble: :)
Xirana Oximoxi: lol
Brian Roop: does it make any difference other than to the humans, whether humanity makes it or not?
Adams Rubble asks Koya how that is looking right now
Archmage Atlantis: Koya keeps her own counsel, unlike her transport vehicle.
SophiaSharon Larnia: part of humans making it, in my opinion, is living in the world without destroying it, so yes, i think that would be a concern to other crreatures
SophiaSharon Larnia: if they think of such things :)
Brian Roop: will the other creatures organize to keep us from doing in the world?
druth Vlodovic: not respecting one's effect on the world is sort of self-correcting
Brian Roop: how?
iwandertoo Resident: nods
iwandertoo Resident: nods, but thinks of the timeline...
druth Vlodovic: "nature is fine the people are ___"
Archmage Atlantis: ty druth....that was well said
Brian Roop wonders about the school of guppies or something leaping like salmon in the fountain
Archmage Atlantis: I always assumed they were sardines
Brian Roop: oh sardines then
Brian Roop: do sardines leap like salmon?
Archmage Atlantis: Most schools of fish will leap to escape preditors
SophiaSharon Larnia: (got caught up thinking og the timeline)
--BELL--
Brian Roop: sharks in the pond, eh?
Brian Roop: guys i have to go
Adams Rubble: bye Brian :)
Bruce Mowbray: Bye, Brian!
iwandertoo Resident: waves
Bruce Mowbray: Have a happy spring day!
Archmage Atlantis: Bye, Brian
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Brian
Xirana Oximoxi: be Brian

Everyone sat in silence for the next 12 minutes. I was quietly appreciating the sun outside my window on this Easter morning and listening to some sacred music on YouTube. I began to have a  greater appreciation for the others sitting in silence, thinking of each of them sitting at their computer

Bruce Mowbray: I'm going to scoot on over to the Village Hall now.
Xirana Oximoxi: bye Bruce:)
Adams Rubble is feeling a wonderful warmth from sitting in silence with you all
Bruce Mowbray: May you all have a Happy Easter, Spring, fertility rite, or whatever causes you to be festive!
Adams Rubble: bye Bruce
druth Vlodovic: I'll see you there
SophiaSharon Larnia: thank you Bruce! you too
Adams Rubble: I will need to go after the session and will miss the guardian meeting so best wishes for a wonderful day, evening or night to you all
iwandertoo Resident: you too, Adams
Xirana Oximoxi: bye Adams, best wishes to you too:)
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Adams Thanks :)
druth Vlodovic: have fun adams
Archmage Atlantis: Have a good rest of the time period you are in, Adams
Adams Rubble: same as yours arch :)
Archmage Atlantis: Ah, then have a good day *g*
Adams Rubble: you too Arch :)
Archmage Atlantis: ty
SophiaSharon Larnia: lol Arch, I like how you put that
SophiaSharon Larnia: like we are in our own time bubbles
Adams Rubble: and in the dark here in SL
SophiaSharon Larnia: why in the dark?
Adams Rubble: while the suns reflects off my computer screen
Adams Rubble: it is SL night
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: although it never dark dark in SL (hehe)
Adams Rubble: unless one's screen goes blank
druth Vlodovic: I'm going to head over
druth Vlodovic: have fun guys
Adams Rubble: bye druth :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Druth :)
Archmage Atlantis: :) - time to move on to the next session, a happy day to all :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Arch and everyone leaving
Adams Rubble: bye all :)
Xirana Oximoxi: see all of you there:)
Xirana Oximoxi: bye Adams, see you soon
iwandertoo Resident: may i follow someone?
SophiaSharon Larnia: i will not be attending today, have to finish cooking :D
SophiaSharon Larnia: have fun!!
iwandertoo Resident: waves
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Adams :) blessed day to you
Adams Rubble: you too Sharon :)