{"id":436,"date":"2026-02-21T15:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T20:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockinghamcountygop.com\/rye\/happy-first-day-of-spring-aka-vernal-equinox\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T15:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T20:12:12","slug":"happy-first-day-of-spring-aka-vernal-equinox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockinghamcountygop.com\/rye\/happy-first-day-of-spring-aka-vernal-equinox\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy FIRST Day of Spring aka Vernal Equinox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"synd-byline\" style=\"font-style:italic;opacity:0.85\">Originally posted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/hamptonnhgop.com\/happy-first-day-of-spring-happy-first-day-of-spring-aka-vernal-equinox\/\">Hampton Republican Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cEquinox\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;implies equal and balance, as in re-balancing.&nbsp;<em>\u201c<\/em><em>Vernal\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;is about creation, birth, newness, creativity, and beginnings of all kinds.&nbsp;Ostara is the Vernal or Spring Equinox, which occurs sometime between March 19 \u2013 23, depending when the Earth\u2019s axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in a \u201cnearly\u201d equal amount of daylight and darkness at all latitudes.&nbsp;Ostara is a pagan celebration of the German goddess Eostre and the origins of the Christian celebration of Easter. Ostara is an opportune time&nbsp;<strong>to literally and figuratively plant seeds for the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cSpring adds new life and new joy to all that is.\u201d<\/em>\u2013Jessica Harrelson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cWhere flowers bloom, so does hope.\u201d<\/em>\u2013Lady Bird Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cTo plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.\u201d\u2013 Audrey Hepburn<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cSpring: a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can truly be.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cSpring is the time of plans and projects.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Leo Tolstoy,\u00a0<em>Anna Karenina<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted by the Hampton Republican Committee. \u201cEquinox\u201d&nbsp;implies equal and balance, as in re-balancing.&nbsp;\u201cVernal\u201d&nbsp;is about creation, birth, newness, creativity, and beginnings of all kinds.&nbsp;Ostara is the Vernal or Spring Equinox, which occurs sometime between March 19 \u2013 23, depending when the Earth\u2019s axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in a &#8230; <a title=\"Happy FIRST Day of Spring aka Vernal Equinox\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/rockinghamcountygop.com\/rye\/happy-first-day-of-spring-aka-vernal-equinox\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Happy FIRST Day of Spring aka Vernal Equinox\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_piecal_is_recurring":false,"_piecal_recurring_interval":1,"_piecal_recurring_frequency":"","_piecal_recurring_exact_position":false,"_piecal_recurring_end":"","_piecal_color":"","_piecal_text_color":"","_piecal_global_color_master":false,"_piecal_rsets":"[]","_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-town-committee-news"],"acf":{"event_venue":"","event_address":"","event_ticket_link":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Happy FIRST Day of Spring aka Vernal Equinox - Rye Republican Committee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy FIRST Day of Spring aka Vernal Equinox - Rye Republican Committee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Originally posted by the Hampton Republican Committee. \u201cEquinox\u201d&nbsp;implies equal and balance, as in re-balancing.&nbsp;\u201cVernal\u201d&nbsp;is about creation, birth, newness, creativity, and beginnings of all kinds.&nbsp;Ostara is the Vernal or Spring Equinox, which occurs sometime between March 19 \u2013 23, depending when the Earth\u2019s axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in a ... 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