Few Rhinos see old age. One thing or another will nudge Us along to the next phase of things when the Time comes.

So We appreciate our part in today, realizing that We are cherished in the Big Picture.

Naturally.

As you may have noticed, Rhinos do not ask a lot of questions. We make up our own answers, like other folk, and proceed.

That solution works best for Rhinos. When other critters try to explain things, We find they usually forgot essential info, or our attention strayed, so We are no better off than before.

For some reason, Answers seldom carry Satisfaction with them. Sad, but true.

In the Wild Rhinos get as much sunlight as possible, on any given day. Here, today’s sunset is about 6:07PM, and Kathmandu, in Nepal is at 6:06. Big deal. But as the days pass, the proportion of sun-time v night-time changes itself.

This deep analysis of things has worn Us right out; We pant. Take it from Us, sunlight allocation is getting a boost, which is welcome, Sunbeams are our friends.

Enjoy it while you’v got it. All pretty confusing if you live on facts. Rhinos go more for the Big Picture. Getting warmer at present.

Every now and again, the moon goes in for repairs, consequently disappearing entirely. Nature could explain it, but not We Rhinos.

Bad News: no moon tonight. Good News: Moon for weeks and weeks after, all different sizes.

Get Cheery!

So far, so good.

No, no, no. This is a Rhino disguised as a Lion, in honor of the day.

Don’t be scared.

February gets a pretty lousy reputation where We on the staff of Your Inner Rhino are located. Other places, folks like February just fine. We wish it would make up its mind, but that is not how Nature works. Nature works on the Take it or Leave it Principal.

What is good is, Sooooon things will look up, probably, and We’ll all feel more cheery.

Right now, We are ‘in transitional status’, which means We gotta drum up a little Patience. Sometimes easier said than done.

When water is no longer moving along, it usually 1) dries up, or 2) makes a puddle, or 3) makes itself into a wallow.

Worth pondering when the wind is right.

Today is International Polar Bear Day. Polar Bears are usually white, though they come in various light neautral colorings too. They weigh up to 1,700 pounds, but the average is lower than that. Polar Bears live mostly on fish and seals, primarily because there are few plants in such a cold environment. They are fine hunters.

Polar Bears are as used to seeing Rhinos face to face as We are to seeing them in the Wild. Very much like Never. Critters play with the cards We’re dealt.

Grouwffff! (That is quasi Polar Bear talk.)

‘Your Inner Rhino’ must beg our Readers’ patience. We have missed our own deadline, but take refuge in the sincerity of the art, which took longer than expected. Ah well. If you are overwrought, just put this aside and enjoy it in a year, when February 26 shows up again.

Rhinos like Fairy Tales, and tell them all sorts of ways, paying minimal attention to detail, emphasizing the energy of the central characters.

We are not Improving the stories, but Admiring them from other angles.