April 03, 2165

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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From the Easter Tree Hollow
image
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/From-the-Easter-Tree-Hollow-1317120200

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Stamp
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Easter-Eggs-Stamp-1317323586

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Challenge
https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/696-easter-eggs-color-me-club/
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/EASTER-EGGS-Color-Me-Club-1317038393
Content
Title: From the Easter Tree Hollow
Example for the EASTER EGGS - Color Me Club challenge
EASTER EGGS - Color Me Club
27 mins ago
🌅 Easter Eggs: April 2026 Contest 🌅 Brought to you
The levels
Infinity of Eggs with an open "Faberge" Egg
A "Faberge" Easter Egg with Edubrer Rabbit holding a "Faberge" egg telling something to two kid rabbits
Edubrer Rabbit holding a "Faberge" egg telling something to two kid rabbits in front of the Easter Tree
Edubrer Rabbit holding a "Faberge" egg telling something to two kid rabbits in from of the Easter Tree in the hollow of an Easter Tree
I think this coloring page will allow people to have fun with some eggs while also having egg designs.
I thought to myself what of an inversion of scale. So, the dimensions are referenced larger with the smaller scales.
With Matryoshka dolls, or any stacking or nesting dolls, the inner is like the outer, and is multilayered. With "mise en abyme", placed in abyss, you have a picture in a picture usually representing the same, but in earlier versions it is an expansion. In mine, each level to the interior has an expanded geography , so the most external level is cellular.
Coloring page commission
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Single-Coloring-Page-1732448
Color Me Club challenge examples
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/100584681/colormeclub-challenge-examples
Coloring Pages
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/47013691/comic-coloring-pages
Tip Jar
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076
#egginvers #eastertreehollow
#tctbc #colormeclub #tocolorortobecolored #hddeviant #eastereggs #easter #eggs
#hddeviant #deviantart #richardmurrayhumblr #tumblr #richardmurray #kobo #kwl

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EASTER EGGS - Color Me Club
URL
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/EASTER-EGGS-Color-Me-Club-1317038393
Example
https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/695-from-the-easter-tree-hollow/
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/From-the-Easter-Tree-Hollow-1317120200
Stamp
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Easter-Eggs-Stamp-1317323586
CONTENT
🌅 Easter Eggs: April 2026 Contest 🌅
Brought to you by:
 
 

Join @color-me-club in coloring or creating coloring pages about themes that enliven our spirits. Coloring can be meditative fun or a communal activity, open to anyone at any skill level. Making a coloring page is like making a ticket for another's imagination into a place they have never been. Get inspired to color a world you have never seen but isn't complete without your prismatic touch!
🎯 THE CHALLENGE
1. For the Line Art Creators: Nativity, Nationalism, what do those words bring to your mind? Many things as they should, for both words are rooted in the word to be born. Like every idea born in your mind, no matter it's quality, it had to come from you. As April is the month of Easter, named after the spirit of Spring, nothing encapsulates something being born more than the egg. Create a line art of a EASTER EGGS— more than one but the exact number is up to you.
Line Art Folder [ https://www.deviantart.com/color-me-club/gallery/100581380/april-2026-easter-eggs ]

2. For the Colorists: Once the line art phase is over, you can color any of the contest entries (including my example image below) to complete these worlds with your prismatic touch!
 
 
If you need more inspiration for your imagination I provide some more tools at the bottom of this post
 
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DO THE COLORING CHALLENGE
After the Coloring page challenge is finished, see below for times, you will be able to use any of the entries of the coloring page challenge plus my example image to color a Wishing Well.
 
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DO BOTH CHALLENGES
Please go for it! But you must note the times for each.
 
📅 DATES & SUBMISSION
Line Art (Submit to Contest Folder)
Starts: April 3rd, 2026 | Ends: April 22nd , 2026
Coloring (Submit to Contest Folder)
Starts: April 23rd, 2026 | Ends: April 30th , 2026
👨‍⚖️ Winners selected at the sole discretion of @color-me-club group administrators; all decisions are final and non-negotiable
You can also share your creations in the comments below to get feedback form other group members or just start a conversation about your art
🏆 PRIZES & REWARDS
All prizes courtesy of @Community and @color-me-club Ambassadors

🖋️ Line Art Category
🏅 Winner: 1,000 pts + Hype
🥈 Honorable Mention I: 500 pts + Hype
🥉 Honorable Mention II: 500 pts + Hype
🎨 Coloring Category
🏅 Winner: 500 pts + Hype
🥈 Honorable Mention I: 250 pts + Quartz
🥉 Honorable Mention II: 250 pts + Quartz
📋 RULES & GUIDELINES
⚠️ IMPORTANT: Human illustration only. No AI-generated entries will be accepted. Visit @DeviantAI for AI contests.
Originality & Copyright: The line art must be your own work. Ripped or "sampled" line art will be disqualified, this includes tracing. This doesn't include referenced images. You may use images for reference, as long as you don't trace it directly and provide credit in the artist's comments section of your entry.
Requirements: Min. 1200px / 300 dpi. Traditional art must be clean and scanned.Need help? Use this website to check the pixel size and dpi of your image.]
Traditional drawings must be cleanly scanned, in focus, adjusted to predominately black and white, and on plain white paper. [Need help? Check out this excellent tutorial by @BeckyKidus: How to digitally edit traditional line art.]
Originality: Must be your own work created after March 31st, 2026. No tracing.
All entries must abide by the DeviantArt Terms of Service, Fair Use rules for submissions
Accessibility: Line art must be free to download.
Membership: Join @color-me-club to be eligible! That's free too
📚 INSPIRATION
Need more help? View on...
 
Read On...
 
For the eggs consider Matryoshka dolls or the visual effect called Mise en abyme.
 
 
 
I can't wait to see all the EASTER EGGS you create or color!
 
@HDdeviant
 
#tctbc #colormeclub #tocolorortobecolored #hddeviant #eastereggs #easter #eggs
 
Ask yourself to Color or to be colored!
 
New Horizons
Jan 8, 2026
February contest: heart of love
Feb 1, 2026
Wishing Wells
Mar 1, 2026

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WATN Galaxy Quest stamp
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https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/WATN-Galaxy-Quest-stamp-1317325537
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challenge
https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/693-lost-episodes-of-galaxy-quest/
 

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