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Life Moves Pretty Fast

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”  ―  Ferris Bueller It's so true. Last week I was checking out my many rose bushes and wondering when they would bloom. They seem late this year.  A few days later I was outside chasing one of my little dogs. She is losing her hearing and sight, but I swear her little legs are running faster than ever. It's never been like her to run off. While I was running after her (or more like hobbling and limping) I noticed a couple of bushes with a few roses.  After I got the pup settled and inside, I went back out to cut a few roses. The bees even took pity on me and allowed me to cut some of their sage blossoms. I placed the pretty little vase from my Mother's collection by a few Paris mementos. 

It's the First of the Month: Rabbit! Rabbit! Rabbit!

 And if you go chasing rabbits... Go ask Alice, I think she'll know" - Jefferson Airplane

No doubt by now you have seen this rabbit chant around social media. If not, where have you been? 

Old British folklore from the early 1900s claimed that if you say 'Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit' the first thing you wake up in the morning, on the first day of each month, you will have good luck all month long.

The exact origin is unknown, but through the years there have been variants of it. There have been dignitaries uttering these hopeful fortuitous chants, from British military author Sir Herbert Russell (1925) simply saying, "White rabbits" first thing in the morning to United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1935) confessed that he said "Rabbits" on the first day of every month. It's been explained that President Roosevelt believed in this legend so much, that he even carried his lucky rabbit's foot in his pocket. 

Does this practice really place good fortune? Well, it is fun, and if it enhances your morning with its whimsy, and what can it hurt? After all, we could all use a little positive and fun affirmations in our lives. 

Rabbit! Rabbit! Rabbit! 

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