The Easter bunny is going to have to hold onto his or her winter coat of fur for the Easter weekend. It’s cold in much of the eastern part of the country through to the weekend! Temperatures are 5-15 degrees below seasonal over the next 3 days, leading up to and including Easter Sunday and Monday.

Eggs, like rabbits and hares, are fertility symbols of extreme antiquity; since birds lay eggs and rabbits and hares give birth (to large litters) in the early spring, these became symbols of the rising fertility of the earth at the Vernal Equinox.

I know that many children across the nation will be going on Easter egg hunts in and around their homes and neighborhoods. Love those chocolate eggs myself. Naturally, pleasant weather in terms of conditions and temperatures are desirable but that’s just not going to be the case in the Northeast, for example.

In Maine, egg hunters will be hard-pressed to find those colored delicate sweet treasures and treats in the 8-12 inches of snow that’s already on the ground due to the foot-plus of snow already on the ground with more significant accumulations over the next 36-48 hours. Millinocket, East Millinocket, Patten, Lincoln, Guiford and Medway among other counties in Maine will be dealing with heavy snow fall totals of 10 – 15 inches over the next 24-36 hours!!

Want those eggs? If you can find them outside… BUNDLE UP!!

Happy Easter!!

GA