Tuesday 19 March 2024

It's Spring! HOP TO IT!


Today is the Spring Equinox, known in pagan spirituality as the festival of Ostara or Eostre. Its Christian equivalent, Easter, is coming up soon as well. Because I love rabbits, this has always been a favourite holiday of mine.

Since ancient times, rabbits and hares have been a common symbol of fertility and of the Goddess herself.



This Spring fertility imagery and the central place of rabbits continue in Christian Easter iconography as well.


Shall we take a little meme trip to celebrate All Things Bunny?







How about some fresh, tasty buns?


Here's another kind of tasty --


And finally, let's end with a GROAN! 



I'm also linking this post to

Her prompt this week is "rabbits"
and while there is none of my own art
in this post, I'd like to share all
the rabbit images and memes
with her readers too!

35 comments:

Boud said...

I got caught out, thought it wasn't yet. But I'm up for a bunny kissing a kitty!

Tom said...

...I'm afraid that our dust bunnies aren't cute.

Mistress Maddie said...

The bunny /rabbit gif!!!! Course the cat looks like he might kill the rabbit in 5 minutes. The last one.....sigh.......

Marie Smith said...

The cat and the bunny are priceless!

Bob said...

The dust bunny made me laugh and then I read that last one.
Oy!

Parnassus said...

Hi Debra, My dust bunnies could make mincemeat of yours. By the way, I am going back to Cleveland soon, where there is an unlimited supply of rabbits (also squirrels, woodchucks, etc.) to watch.
--Jim

Parnassus said...

p.s. What kind of edible rabbits were those in the Watership Down one? I didn't see any.
--Jim

Travel said...

There are not a lot of rabbits around here, I saw one last week.

A groaning joke.
What do you get when you pour hot water into a rabbit hole?

A hot cross bunny!

Old Lurker said...

I always suspected you liked Tundra Bunny better than the rest of us.

Moving with Mitchell said...

Nothing beats the Tundra Bunny. (Do you suppose she has cute dust bunnies?)

That block print is stunning.

bobbie said...

Merry Equinox!!
bobbie

Sixpence Notthewiser said...

OMG the dust bunny!
And the Watership Down one? I have to accept I laughed.

XOXO

Pixie said...

I would love those dust bunnies, although they do come with rabbit poop:)

We have jackrabbits around here and I love them just as much, plus they fertilize my flower beds.

Happy spring!

coffeeontheporchwithme said...

Rabbit lovers unite! -Jenn

Jamie Ghione said...

We've had a lot of rain in the last months, and now it has stopped. Just in come time for the Spring Equinox. I don't know how much longer the arm whether is going to last, however.

e said...

Such cute buns! I'm glad I have ugly dust bunnies otherwise I might not sweep them up.

DB Stewart said...

...now eat the cast, lol.

roentare said...

You just remind me that spring is coming

Kirk said...

I've seen what a cat can do to a rabbit. The one you show is quite the aberration (unless it was my cat that was the aberration.)

Tundra Bunny said...

@Moving With Mitchell -- sorry to disappoint, but my dust bunnies never look that cute. More like hairless raccoons, LOL!

@Old Lurker -- of course Debra likes me, I have the best connections to Lindt and the Easter Bunny!

@Travel -- A hot cross bunny... AHAHA, good one!

Happy vernal equinox, Debra!

Joanne Noragon said...

Love the cat/bunny. Cat's are so tolerant.

DVArtist said...

Nice post. Love that photo of you. Have a great day.

Bea said...

Happy Spring to you, my dear!

Guillaume said...

Happy Spring. I must say, it is no longer my favourite season. I used to love it as a child, because it was the season of my birthday and of Easter.

Liz Hinds said...

Whatsapp doc! It just about made up for 'eating the cast' of the previous one!

Anonymous said...

Lovely Rabbit post! -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

Gillena Cox said...

Nice bunnies
I did not make a Thursday post today. I will post tomorrow Art For Fun Friday there will be a linky

Much♡love

Jeanie said...

Happy Spring toyou, Debra! I love every single bunny that you shared. They are delightful. (And some are pretty funny too!)

CAAC said...

Great fun! Loved the memes, especially the "WhatsApp Doc" at the end and I wish my dust bunnies were as cute as the pictured. Thanks for making me smile. :D

Fundy Blue said...

How fun, Debra! I love bunnies too! Happy Easter!

baili said...

bunnies in first image stole heart :)

wonderful post about spring my friend ,i loved how you brought it with humor and beautiful photos of rabbits ,i have considered them cutest creatures among all and harmless (hopefully i ma right)

Happy Easter Debra!

Andrea @ From The Sol said...

I would trade my Dust Bunnies for your Dust Bunny any day:) I love all of your Bunnies but I especially love the cat(who looks very annoyed) and the Bunny who probably knows she is annoying the cat and is loving it. What a fun post,
Debra 😊

Andrea @ From the Sol

Busy Bee Suz said...

These are all so cute. I LOVE bunnies!!

Rain said...

Oh I want some of those dust bunnies!!! ☺ Groan lol "WhatsApp Doc?" Hee hee!

Adam said...

Happy Easter