| From the book ‘The Illustrated Book of Days’ Artwork by Eugene Grasset |
April
I open wide the portals of the Spring
To welcome the procession of the flowers,
With their gay banners, and the birds that sing
Their song of songs from their aerial towers.
I soften with my sunshine and my showers
The heart of earth; with thoughts of love I glide
Into the hearts of men; and with the Hours
Upon the Bull with wreathed horns I ride.
from Longfellow; the poets calendar
Surely we will have some better weather in April? I know all about April Showers bringing forth May flowers but we’ve really had enough showers in January, February and March and could do with some dry weather. Although most of the old weather sayings prefer a wet month
A dry April
Not the farmer’s will
April wet
is what we should get
April wet, good wheat
April has thirty days, and if it rained on thirty-one,
no harm would be done.
Enjoy your Bank Holiday Monday, it became a holiday with the Bank Holiday’s Act of 1871, before that people only had Good Friday and Christmas Day off work.
Back Tomorrow
Sue
