Magda went into the garden to check if the plants knew it was now official !
She found that the buds on the Magnolia have started to open and that the weeds are growing along with the plants!
She stopped to talk to Mr Albert "Hello Young Magda "
" Hello Mr Albert " smiles Magda " do you know why spring is not staring until the 20th March this year? "
" Why yes ! It's always the first day of spring ,in the northern hemisphere, when the day is in equal length to the night, the spring Equinox. "
" What's an equinox? " asks Magda confused
" It Latin for equal night " replies Mr Albert " so since on the 20th it was equal night to day, it's called the spring equinox from ancient times "
" You do know such amazing things!" says Magda in awe " I've never heard of equinox's before and I always thought that spring sprung on the 1st March ! "
Blushing a deeper shade of rust Mr Albert coughs " I think everyone wants spring to start once March arrives because they are tired of winter "
" Why I think you are right ! " Magda is even more impressed by Mr Albert " well I'm off back inside to tell everyone why springs only just started officially, I'll be sure to tell them that you told me "
Magda rushes off wanting to give everyone the benefit of her new found knowledge and tell them that Mr Albert, the recently arrived garden rabbit knows the answer to everything!
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What a find Mr Albert is - handsome and wise! Nice to see Magda enjoying the garden xx
ReplyDeleteHe is a good new neighbour to have in the village :)
DeleteThat's so cute Dee, I am quite taken with Mr Albert and so pleased to see Magda enjoying the first day of spring.
ReplyDeleteYou can tell it's autumn downunder too, the trees have dumped their leaves and my garden is full of them! :)
Big hugs,
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I feel Mr Albert will be a godsend, helping to answer those never ending questions that children have!
DeleteDoes it get truly cold in your winters? leaves are good mulch for the garden , if you can store them somewhere in a corner for a couple of years in black plastic bags :) x
No where near as cold as it is in the UK Dee. It never snows where we live and the average winter (July) temperature is 14 Celsius during the day and down to 7C in the evening with just about 8 days of rain for the month.
DeleteMost of our leaves go in the compost bins, or to the green recycling if we have too many. I am a bit of a neat freak when it comes to the garden Dee. :)
It's lovely to see all of the new spring greenery in your garden! Magda, stick close to that wise old rabbit, and I'm sure you will learn a great many things.
ReplyDeleteIt lovely how things suddenly appear ! Magda's already gone off to tell the world everything Mr Albert told her! But I'm sure she'll be back when she's got another question.
DeleteLoved seeing Magda and Mr Albert in amongst the Sasha Village's garden 2019 Spring re-awakenings.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice that Magda could get outside to see Mr Albert now we are having some sun :)
DeleteMagda looks lovely and Mr. Albert is fantastic. Yay Spring! 😊 xxx
ReplyDeleteThank you Ginger ! Yay Spring indeed :) xx
DeleteWhat a lovely new neighbour to have in The Village and so knowledgeable too.
ReplyDeleteAnd Magda looks happy to see the signs of spring in the garden.
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