Garter snake in Spring; Why We call "Easter," "Easter!"
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Perhaps it's appropriate that the garter snakes are emerging after wintering in their den this Easter weekend which symbolizes Spring, re-birth and regeneration throughout the world. A fascinating book, "The Dance of Time, The Origins of the Calendar" by Michael Judge describes origins of the word Easter: "The Venerable Bede, in his "history of the Ajglo-Saxons, derives the word Easter from the Saxon goddess Eostre...Eostre was the goddess of the spring, and her consort was none other than the hare, a figure who still appears at Easter. Now called the Easter Bunny, he brings with him the oldest symbol of the season, the egg. Eggs are universal symbols of life and the cosmos and the custom of giving them away, hiding them, decorating them , and eating them at the time of the vernal equinox is as ancient as it is widespread...{dating back to the ancient Egyptians, among others}..." Western wandering terrestrial garter snake (Thamnophis elegans vagrans) taking advantage of the Spring sunlight near its den. The snakes will return to the den at night but will come out with increasing frequency as the days and nights warm...Photo by Frank
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I thought snakes might be coming out now :-)
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I grew up catching garter snakes here at the
foot of the rockies ... they seemed kind of
ordinary to me after awhile and I always
wanted to find new and different species but
the ones we have here are quite a striking
snake - green with that vivid orange stripe
down their backsSeen on my Flickr home page. (? )
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Wonderful. I love the see the animals emerge
in spring. Nice shot.Seen in Urban Wildlife (? )
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Great to see.... and thanks for the info.
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Comentada en animales racionales animales racionales
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such a viewing wonder ish@Flickr The Nature Group
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