This has been National Fragrance Day! A day set aside, just for Us Rhinos to marvel at our Olfactory Delicacy and Discernment.

For Rhinos, We are dependent on our sense of smell, not only for practical matters, but for a sense of belonging, and participation in the Wild.

Fragrance is too complex and pervasive a sensibility to say much. So much pleasure available for next to nothing! Sheer Poetry!

Today, March 20, is the first day of Spring 2022. A lighthearted song seems in order.

Shown is one from Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta spoof, THE MIKADO. The song is called “The flowers that bloom in the spring” as you might have guessed.

Good day for skipping.

Not so oddly, R Tots have no idea how Big We are. We are clear that We are not as Big as Mom. We are regularly told that ‘when We grow up’ We’ll be more in command of matters and ourselves.

We may age, but inside, We have misgivings. Do We matter, or did We flunk Maturation? Are We actually as clueless as We were back when? That suspicion is both a sign of intelligence, but also of self-doubt.

Even as R Parents, We often feel We will be proven ineffectual. So generation after generation is faking Adulthood, doing our best, but…?

Rhinos love festivities. ‘Too much Fun” is not a Rhino concept, though We do have our own parameters of what’s fun and what isn’t.

What We do right after We think of it is figure out what Festivity is next. Do We need costumes or a potato or a basketball? It’s a heady mix.

Not to mention, the birthdays and not-birthdays We will need to plan for. We have to Concentrate, which is not our usual mindset.

It is Nature’s system to keep things swirling this way and that, and the Sun is in the same loop as We Rhinos are.

Consequently, although the sun came up at 6:51 this morning, by July 20 it will come up at 5:25, which is different. And down again at 7:22 today, or 8:38 then.

See the benefits of the Rhino system, having fewer numbers to work with? For Us, the Sun’s Up or Down. No hassle.

Congratulations to St. Patrick, Ireland and the Irish, wherever you are, today!

Believe it or not, Rhinos have an interesting history in Ireland, though most of it preceded People coming along. True that.

Times change, and We go right along with them.

On March 15, 44 BC, Julius Caesar was terminated by Roman Senators. Caesar had run into a soothsayer prior to the actual unpleasantness, who told him he was in trouble. Not paying attention, Caesar learned the hard way.

The soothsayer did not say “Beware the Ides of March” because they all spoke Latin. Cave Idus Martias was the way it was really delivered back then.

Rhinos like stories with a moral, and the moral here is: Don’t get too big for your britches. Make of that what you will…

Today is National Potato Chip Day. Rhinos love Potato Chips, mostly due to their saltiness. Salt: mmm-mmm-mmm!

Rhinos make up songs about favorite foods. (See the sample supplied, a timeless favorite.)

Also, We love crunch in a snack. Warning: If you let P. Chips get wet, they lose their crunch. No joke.

Rhinos are not accomplished winkers. We see other critters winking away, and envy them.

When We try our winking mechanisms, We find that all the parts of our faces go into some sort of spastic frenzy, falling short of the desired effect.

It’s not easy to get winking lessons in the Wild.

Tonight is the beginning or end of Daylight’s Savings. By tomorrow, an hour will be swallowed up and gone. You ask a genius about it; you’ll see.

To Us it seems so improbable, no matter how many explanations We request. It is like Time Travel without the luggage, or maybe it’s with all one’s luggage.

Rhinos understand Time as ‘now’ and ‘some other Time’. Setting our clocks is unneccasary as Rhinos cannot tell Time.