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Three Quotes and an Amaryllis

I’ve alway been confused by when spring officially starts. On the radio this morning I heard that today, 1st February, is the first day of spring. Considering it’s zero degrees out there and there’s plenty of frost about it’s hard to believe.

But according to the Celtic tradition, which is based solely on daylight and the strength [...]

A fly and a flea in a flue

I was on holiday recently (hence the pause in service) and while trying to deal with bites from small flying things a friend of mine from Switzerland thought me this limerick:

A fly and a flea in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, “Let us flee!”
“Let us fly!”, said the flea.
So they [...]