As it is with every first day of the month I will have awoken, most likely at 3:45 am because that is a new and inescapable routine, and hopefully remembered to repeat the phrase “white rabbit” three times before I uttered any other words. It is a long-standing family tradition and one that is meant to bring luck for the following month.
Today is not only the first of the month, but it is the first of March which brings Spring closer to reality. After the winter we have just experienced, and still are experiencing, Spring will be a very welcome companion. The mercury is predicted to begin rising and the sun will have some warmth in its shine. I have already begun preparations for my tanning session on the deck and, even if I am fully covered in snow gear, I am going to enjoy every ounce of Vitamin D I can extract from that fire-ball during the high temperature of -5C.
Tanning in the early months of February and March is a family tradition I cannot seem to part with. When I was a child, we would spend hours in lawn chairs on the frozen lake and absorb all of the goodness from the sun. There is no better feeling than the first real heat of a Spring day and having those rays welcomed by an eager face.
This year, I am unsure as to whether the arrival of Spring will be classified as coming in like a lamb, or coming in like a lion. After the harsh winter and bitter winds we have experienced, it will certainly feel like a lamb, but having March temperatures still hovering around -15 C may classify the entrance into this new month as coming in like a lion.
Groundhog’s shadow or not, Spring is coming. I just hope it gets here before the rabbits, the lion and the lamb all freeze their asses off!
polysyllabic profundities 
My auntie told me about “white rabbit”, I try to remember too – but forgot today 😦
I finally remembered to say it first before I started talking to my dog! 🙂
How interesting about the white rabbit…that is the second time in my 69 years I’ve heard of that family tradtion. The first one was a friend here in South Carolina in the 1980s. Imagine two families separated by that much distance having the very same traditions…
It’s been a tradition in our family for generations.
3:45?!cI’d forgo luck if it means getting more sleep.
I do like the winter tanning idea, though. Especially if there is scaling coffee on tap.
I am growing weary of my frequent typos on this blog. “Scalding.” Sigh.
I was wondering what scaling coffee was….thought I was missing out on something good! 😉
For some reason my typos always seem to be at your blog. This troubles me. You, my friend, deserve better.
Awww, very sweet of you. Your typos make me feel special now. 🙂
I’m just so ding dang eager to reply to your posts I don’t bother to proofrood.
Wow…I feel honored….I’ve never had anyone ding dang anything for my blog. 🙂
For the record, that was a joke.
I just wanted to type ding dang…..it made me laugh…..and it’s Monday, so that was much appreciated.
And my response may have been slightly sarcastic. 😉