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Amaryllis is the name of a shepherdess in Virgil's pastoral Eclogues. In Latin, amarysso means "to sparkle."

Amaryllis - How to plant, grow, and enjoy

It is snraining right now. That is, snowing and raining at the same time, or back and forth from one to the other. Chunks of the overnight snow are sliding off our metal roof and landing with a wet plop. Look out below.

Links for a snrainy Saturday...

Laura likes Japanese fabrics
Anna likes going to see Julius Caesar on the Ides of March
John likes these photos of Bohemian and cedar waxwings
Amy likes the National Weather Service National Snow Analyses

It's March; change your calendars!

Today is St. David's Day (eat leeks), Matronalia (men give presents to wives), Roman New Year, The Sharp Days, and Baba Marta's Day.

Martinitsa
Saint David's Day, patron saint of Wales

March is named for Mars, Roman god of war

March 1, Roman New Year, is the day the priestesses of the goddess Vesta allow the old hearth flame to die and rekindle the new

March 1: Holidays on earth today
Iceland: Beer Day
Japan: Water-Drawing Festival
Lanarkshire, Scotland: Whuppity Scoorie Day
Tasmania: Labor Day
United States: National Peanut Butter Lovers' Day; Plan a Solo Vacation Day; Be Positive Day; National Fruit Compote Day

Snow lion

March, master of winds, bright minstrel and marshal of storms that enkindle the season they smite.

– Algernon Charles Swinburne, March: An Ode

Comments

[Bobbie]

Amaryllis is so wonderful! I used to have them before every Christmas. It gave the children something to watch that didn't take so long to come (as Christmas did).

thanks for the heads-up. I had forgotten to change the calendar.

[Amy]

It has been fun watching this one grow and bloom, when nothing else is!