Mr. Paul Klee was born today, but in 1879. He was Swiss. His work was very personal, individualized. Outstanding.
We can imitate, but never approach the real thing. Rhinos applaud Mr. Klee’s achievements.
What other option is there?
More Sugar!!
Today has been National Maple Sugar Day. For those of you Readers who live near a maple tree, you are in luck. If you ‘tap’ the tree, the sugary sap drips out into a bucket, assuming you put one where the bucket needs to go. Then you decide what you want to do with it.
That said, sugar is a component of a great many plants, so all is not lost, if you happen to be “maple challenged”. Rhinos know; maples don’t grow where We live either.
Nature provides, everywhere you look.
Better late than…
Today is National Cupcake Day.
This is quite a month for Caloric Intake. One of those Good News, Bad News situations…
Lip-Smacking
‘Tasty’ conventionally refers to Flavor Appreciation. Rhinos are as susceptible as any other Critter to a good time in our mouths.
But given our Rhino Discernment in so many fields of interest, We often think of ourselves as Tasty, as in typified by Taste.
RhinoTaste; so much more Flavorful than Tasteful.
Lovely to look at…
We Rhinos are Scent Oriented, as you may know. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then a sniff is worth ten million. That’s a modest estimate, since Rhinos can’t count.
Each of Us comes with a unique Essence, an invisible Aura that informs all comers. We ooze Mystique.
This Gift is a burden, but with time Rhinos get used to it. We are a Robust Species.
Manipulation
It’s pretty common to want to control other folks, getting them to help Us Rhinos get happy. We all assume We know best what it would take to achieve our sense of well-being, and then enlist them to help Us.
What would be great is if We could each pull our own strings with such authority.
Primitivity
Although Life in the Wild is mostly Wild (slightly crazed) at mealtimes, Rhinos are normally Quiet and Orderly.
Rhinos prefer to focus on our inherent Serenity, whenever possible.
We credit our Vegetable Diet.
Today is National Gingerbread House Day (yes, it is!). We felt it would be a good day to feature two of literature’s most famous house hunters, Hansel and Gretel.
In a move to Economy, We have merged these youngsters’ outfits into one ensemble. You get the idea without the fuss of a second model. Besides, costumes are inexpensive, since they are all imaginary anyway. At least for Rhinos.
Rhinos like the idea of Cake Houses. We are always on the lookout, in case. They must be rarer than We assumed, or somebody else got there first.
Color Full
Rhinos are regularly informed that We are Color Blind. Wellllllllllllll, maybe. We see all right, or at least our vision works for Us to the extent that it needs to.
For Us, Color is a cumulative sensation of Presence, combining scent, texture, hearing, taste AND sight. Color doesn’t reduce itself to any one source of sensation.
Rhino Receptors are fine tuned, whatever the source. Or, more accurately, sources.
Clarifying matters…
Rhinos are always being asked if We know Everything there is to know. We respond with gentle smiles, and admit that there are probably things that We don’t know, and are unlikely to learn.
That way, if and when somebody discovers something We don’t know, however unlikely that would be, We can murmur, “Told you so.”
(The Presumption here is ‘Everything of Interest‘.)
Your Inner Rhino 