White rabbits! April fool's day

White rabbits! First day of the month. Also April Fool's Day, but I don't think practical jokes are in order just now.

The rabbit showed up on the calendar, starting the gardening year.

And, this being the opening day for Canterbury pilgrimages in Chaucer's time, here's a contemporary manuscript about the Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims.

The pilgrimages were also a bit commercial -- there was merch, such as pins, as souvenirs of the trip. And I think for a religious outing honoring St Thomas Becket, murdered in the cathedral, they did manage to fit in some partaying.

And here's the last day before the curtain goes up on the daffodils out front

Later today it's Misfits box and knitting group, meanwhile I've taken Steve's recommendation, and borrowed this on my Kindle

I'll give it a try. Not  usually a big fan of dystopian fiction, but I did get through Hunger Games, so we'll see. It's good to challenge your own preferences now and then. Says she virtuously!

Ukrainian helicopters have blown up fuel depots in Belarus, which had been planned for Russian use.