The first of April, some might say,
Is set apart for All Fool's Day,
But why people call it so
Nor I nor they themselves do know
From Poor Richard's Almanack (1760)
April flowers from the 'Illustrated Country Year" by Celia Lewis. From left to right they are Bluebell, Yellow Archangel, Bugle, Forget-me-not, Petty Spurge, Wood Spurge, Ramsons, Cuckoo Flower or Ladys Smock and White Dead Nettle.
April was Aprilis in Roman times derived from aperio to open. Giblean in Scots Gaelic. Apryle in Scots, Aibrean in Irish Gaelic, Averil in Manx and Ebrill in Welsh.
April weather, rain and sunshine both together
April wet, good wheat
April has 30 days, and if it rained on 31 no harm would be done
A dry April is not the farmer's will
April wet is what we should get
Till April's dead, change not a thread.
April full moon tomorrow - it has many names in the past, the Budding Moon, Seed Moon, New Shoots Moon.
The mobile library will be bringing me a nice lot of books - fingers crossed, then Easter weekend coming up, a very quiet one for me. Easter Events are almost all for families, no fun if alone. The nearest car boot starts as long as we don't get inches of rain, then ED and the two grandsons are coming up from Surrey for a few days as long as they can get fuel for their car OK. One garage here had no diesel at the weekend.
Once they've gone I'll be able to get the windowsill electric propagator out and get seeds started.
Mid month I'll be another year older - all downhill towards 80 then!
On the financial side of things it's always an expensive month with TV Licence, House insurance, birthdays and this year a bill for the boiler repair too.
And before we know it May will be on the horizon.
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