April 14, 2029

Easter is always between March 22nd and April 25th .Easter was April 12th in the year 2020, the name is derived from Ēostre the real or unreal germanic goddess but the date and most modern traditions refer to Pascha which roughly translates to passover, the Jewish holiday. But, I want to focus on  Ēostre. For easter, include the real or unreal traditions attributed to Eostre, like rabbits, or make your own.You can show photos of art OR text of fiction 
 The photos can be to->sculpture/knitting or sewing/graffiti/tattoo or any craft depicting Eostra real or unreal traditions 
 The text can only be fiction based on the following: Real or unreal traditons of Eostre. Orthodox catholic easter comes a week after roman catholic easter.  
Story 1 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-eostre-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=892  
Story 2 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-eostre-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=893  
 
STORY 1
It is April 12th 2020, Ess Mae Murard walk by her Easter painting aside her grandchildren.  

The boy ask: “I never seen that painting before”
“No you have not Hakim, it is one I did a while back but I only present it for Easter”: gently replied Ess Mae.  
“Why grandma S?”: reply a girl.  
“I was going to ask that Shaniqua!”: cut in Hakim.
“No need to shout Hakim, it was a good question anyway right?”: Grandma Ess tickle Hakim and Shaniqua, either laugh.  
Grandma Ess continue: “to answer the question you both want to know, I must go back to earlier days”. She take a photo off a desk.

“Grandpa Clay!”: reply both children in unison.  
“yes, your grandfather with me before church,1947, I was a little sad, a commission I was hoping to get was obtained by D. Scott, made me quite mad”: recall grandma Ess, and she continue: “We went to church, your grandpa Clay had to do some work in a white man’s house, So I chose to go to St. Nicholas park and sit to gather my thoughts and that is when I saw her…”: the children are attentive:“Eostre”:the children interrupt Grandma Ess.
“who is Eostre”:ask Hakim.  
“yes, please tell us grandma S”: Shanique pull on her grandmother’s arm.
Grandma Ess continue: “… hmmm, well, at first I did not know who she was and I said, nice hat, she found that amusing and seemed interested in what I had to say… I learned she was the Earth”: the children look confused and Grandma Ess continue: “well, the spirit of the Earth who once every turn around the sun makes an appearance as a human to humans”
Grandma Ess look to the children who are still confused, and smile. She continue: “think of it like this, we live on a planet, called Earth, and she is living so, she has a spirit, but her spirit is special, not like a humans, her spirit can inhabit many kinds of bodies.”
“why grandma Ess”: ask Shaniqua.  
“The earth is very old and powerful, I can not explain all in why Earth reacts the way it does in any way… but we talked about many things, and when she was done she offered me a chance to paint her”
“So that is her, the spirit of Earth”: ask Hakim.  
“hmmm rather, that is the form the spirit of Earth took”: reply Grandma Ess.  
“but why only show it during easter”: ask Shaniqua.
“well”: a car horn cut off Grandma Ess, and she speak to the matter: “you two, lets go , we can talk about it later ,lets go outside”: she take a photo.
The three leave the house and meet a woman waiting by a wall.

“come on Ma!”: speak the woman.
“coming chile, now go on you two, go to your mother”: suggest Grandma Ess, but Hakim shake his head and Shanique tighten her grip.  
“So you two want to bother your grandmother about something, alright, but just get in the car, ok”: and after the mother speak, the grandchildren usher into the car quiet and wait for grandma Ess.
…
while driving to church Grandma Ess was active on her tablet and asked the children: “you two ready to learn why that painting can’t be shown”.
“I see now what is going on”: the children’s mother smile.
“Don’t say anything mommy”: request Shaniqua.
“yeah, we want to hear it from grandma”: demand Hakim.
“ok ok, may I listen to”: ask the mother, and the children nod.
Grandma Ess smile and say: “take a look at the image on the tablet”: and she hand the tablet to the children in the back seat. Hakim plus Shaniqua look at the image.  

Grandma Ess begin to finish her story: “well… once long ago, great birds existed, these birds could be ridden like a horse. Humans lived well with adult ones but could never breed children, but it didn’t matter for they continued to be born in the wild, until one day…”: the children gasp in preparation and grandma Ess continue: “the earth changed. These birds had only one nesting ground, and it was destroyed in a great earthquake, that burned the sky so none could fly away… the humans who used these birds was very angry cause these birds was the only way they could reach some of the remote locations where they lived. They asked the Earth to make more of the birds to restart their bloodline… but the Earth refused. The humans who rode these birds, became very angry and cursed all our mother… do you have an idea why the painting can not be seen now?”
Hakim think, but shake his head. Shaniqua think and say:“ the eggs? ”
“Yes, Shaniqua”: smile Grandma Ess, Hakim cry out in agony, their mother laugh.  
“But, those little eggs in the painting are the eggs of those huge birds”
“no, but they are the map… The Eostre made a map of eggs, utilized correctly, which I will not say how, they provide a map, the painting gives clues to those who know, thus the spirit of Earth demanded I not make that publicly shown… and I have kept my promise, and as your mother has kept it , I demand you two”
Shaniqua plus Hakim smile: “yes grandma Ess”
“Ok guys, we at church your”
“Daddy!”: yell the two children in unison cutting off their mother’s instruction. The mother open the car doors and the children are out; she blow a kiss to her husband.
“You know my sweet Roe, you can make a few more eggs for me to tell my story too”: explain Grandma Ess to her daughter.  
“Momma , I am not going to be laying tons of eggs, I know you and Rick been talking and plotting, now enjoy your church, I will be back to take us all to Black Fort for lunch”: say Roe, as she watch her mother exit the car and meet up with the husband plus kids.
 
STORY 2
 
Each child from Earth is part in a community and between each perihelion the Earth must speak to each child's community at least once, per the agreement with the Sun. In the oldest swamp from Earth the human season come again, the time of Eostre, when the spirit in Earth take a humanoid form to speak to her human children. She slowly form the body deep in a swampland so thick, the morning sun seem a sunset.
It is said if you are lucky to witness the spirit of the Earth before she settles her form, the Earth will allow you to take a piece from in her. But, I myself have never been able to witness such a thing to prove it myself. 
The spirit of Earth, after forming the body, begin to walk out from the swamp to speak to the humans. She meets a hare, basking in the sunlight. The hare turn to look to her and cognize her immediately. It hop to her feet and ask:" what can I do for the earth Spirit". The Eostre ask the hare:" please take me to the human tribe". The hare bow and escort The Eostre out the swamp, out the wood and into a human roadway. A human man turn a sharp corner near the wood exit and is astonished at the figure before him. He ask The Eostre if he can take a photo of her. She nod her head. He ask her to take a look at it.
He ask her name, and she look down at the Hare, who head shake in disagreement. The man sulk off looking at the photo. 
The Eostre look down at the road and ask the hare: "how far are the humans from their.... road"
"Not far earth spirit, about ten thousand hops, but beware humans wearing odd smelling metal clumps"
And The Eostre leave the hare, at the side of the road. 
The Eostre walk and walk, observing the humans in cars going by. In the late morning, she observe a small human girl carrying eggs in one hand, picking up an egg in the other. The Eostre go over to the girl and ask: "why did you take that egg and have an egg basket?"
"Its easter": the little girl reply.
"YEs, I know but egg is meant to be cared for not, thrown about, you never know what kind of life it may bring"
The little girl stand confused or bored. The Eostre ask her to sit the egg she just found down. After the little girl did, the Eostre tap her foot once and the egg grow, and grow, wiping away decorations and a small dragon pop out.
  The little girl is very happy, even though the baby dragon tried to snap her finger off; she place the baby dragon in her egg basket. And, grab The Eostre hand and say: "Please, come home, my parents will love to meet you, my dad does magic and my mom loves dragons"
"you think it is wise for your mom to see a dragon"
"yes, lets go": and the little girl drag The Eostre to her home. The little girl ask The Eostre to notice the eggs on the table and say: "my dad made them"
The Eostre look at the eggs and smile. You know, it will be good to talk to your parents. And The Eostretime happened successfully, albeit an initial shock of nudity from the parents to the little girl.  

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URL
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Simple-Inclinometer-02-1321480452
CONTENT
The CRAFT MATERIALS + CRAFT INSTRUCTIONS + USING THE CRAFT are in the challenge in @CRArtisanCrafts
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Earth-Day-Challenge-Measure-a-Tree-1321823849

I used my Clinometer and other tools, ALL EXPLAINED BELOW IN PROCESS, and got the following.
EYEHEIGHT=69.5 inches
DISTANCE=247 inches
ANGLE=53 degrees
EYEHEIGHT+(DISTANCE*Tan(90-ANGLE))=255.627850375 inches
The tree is 21.3023208646 feet

CRAFT MATERIALS
Cardboard [stiff]
Protractor[ half circle shape with one hundred and eighty degrees, needs the origin hole, it is midway of the baseline ]
straight ruler
pen
colored pencils
string
coin
tape
sewing measuring tape
CRAFT INSTRUCTIONS
Color the cardboard, the background color
Place the protractor on the cardboard
Hold the protractor in place with your hand on the cardboard.
Use the pencil to draw the outline of half the protractor [Don't move the protractor when finished]
start as the ninety degree mark on the scale, the scale is where the angles are present
draw towards the zero degree mark on the scale till you reach the straight edge of the protractor [ OPTIONAL some protractors straight edge is at the baseline, the straight line from the zero degree to the one hundred and eighty degree ]
draw up along the straight edge to the origin [the origin is the midway point of the baseline, some protractors don't have the baseline as the straight edge of the protractor, and have the straight edge some distance to be a ruler, so best guess]
Use the pencil and note the angles from ninety to zero [you don't have to do every single angle, it can just be 90,85,80,... to 15,10,5,0 ]
Use the pencil to make the origin hole
Remove the protractor from the cardboard
Use the ruler to make a straight line from the ninety degree mark to the origin point
color inside some graphic, like the sun or a tree
mark the degrees on the inside of the quarter circle
cut out the figure
make an indent where the origin point is
cut a long piece of string [three feet is ok but I used five]
tie string about coin
use tape to connect coin to string
USING THE CRAFT
Get DISTANCE, Find out the height from the ground to your eye [ i used a measuring tape, but you can use a straight ruler, [ Note: you can get help from another to make this better]
Get EYEHEIGHT, Whatever you want the height from mark the distance from where it meets the ground to where you will stand[ note: same as above, get help if need be]
Get ANGLE,
using your simple clinometer, stand the distance from the object
hang the weight using the string at the indent of the origin, try to place it at your eye height and when you look forward you see the indent straight aheas, make it as level as possible. The string should point downward at zero degrees.
keeping the ninety degree at your eye turn upward till you are looking at the top of whatever you want to measure and record the angle [where the string dangles, at your eye straight up is ninety degree and straight forward is zero degrees]
Get APPROXHEIGHT , Use the following algorithm, EYEHEIGHT+(DISTANCE*Tan(90-ANGLE)) , use a calculator
I REPEAT - the photographed tree
EYEHEIGHT=69.5 inches
DISTANCE=247 inches
ANGLE=53 degrees
EYEHEIGHT+(DISTANCE*Tan(90-ANGLE))=255.627850375 inches
The tree is 21.3023208646 feet

Craft Content
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/99919228/craft-content
Photographs
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/90185091/photographs
Tip Jar, if you like my craft, tis always the season to tip
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076

#earthday #clinometer #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr #craft #crartisancrafts #tree #treemeasure #crartisancrafts #crphotography

first version
https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/698-simple-inclinometer/

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URL
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Earth-Day-Challenge-Measure-a-Tree-1321823849
EXAMPLE
https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/719-simple-inclinometer-02/
CONTENT

✂️ Build Your Clinometer
You’ll need: cardboard, protractor, ruler, pencil, string, tape, small weight (like a coin).


Quick steps:


Trace your protractor onto cardboard
Mark a few angles (0°, 45°, 90° is enough!)
Cut it out and poke a hole at the center
Tie string through the hole and attach a coin


✅ When you hold it up, the string should hang straight down


EXAMPLE WITH ADDED INSTRUCTIONS PLUS PHOTOGRAPHIC AIDS



🌳 Measure Your Tree
Stand back and measure your distance from the tree
Measure your eye height (ground → your eyes)
Find your angle
Hold the clinometer at eye level
Look at the top of the tree
Read the angle where the string points
🧮 Quick & Easy Math
Step-by-step:
Subtract your measured angle from 90°
Example: 90 − 35° = 55°
Find the tangent (tan) of that number on a calculator
Example: tan(55°) ≈ 1.43
Multiply by your distance from the tree
Example: 1.43 × 10 m = 14.3 m
Add your eye height
Example: 14.3 + 1.6 = 15.9 m
✅ That’s your tree’s height!
📸 How to Enter
Submit a multi-image deviation with:
Your clinometer
The tree you measured
Comment your entry below 👇
No AI-generated images


📅 Deadline
May 15th, 2026
Winners announced May 20th


🏆 Prizes
🥇 1000 points + Hype badge
🥈 750 points
🥉 500 points
📌 Rules
Follow all group + DeviantArt rules
Must be a member of @CRArtisanCrafts to win
Admin decisions are final
Thank you to @moonbeam13 for her help in managing this challenge.

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