Happy Leap Day!

And it was a shame. Poppy, too, loves to leap. She and Mrs Hare are such kindred spirits. They like nothing more than being outside, tearing around the countryside in all weathers…but, quite understandably, the other hares would be terrified.

There was a long pause, during which they both looked so disappointed, it seemed like a good time to change the subject.

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“Once I wrote a blog post called Leap in Colour, I said.

“Did it work?”

“No!”

“I’ll have a look?” She offered, already at the computer.

Mrs Hare scrutinised the post for what seemed like a very long time. And I poured more tea, feeling very awkward and wishing I’d never mentioned it.

When she came back, she sat down and nibbled another biscuit, thoughtfully. “I think it probably did work”, she said at last. “It just didn’t work quite how you expected. Going by the crochet and all those art quilts on your blog, I’d say you did leap in colour. When you take a good leap, you never know exactly where you’re going to land up – that’s the fun of it!”

She poured a third cup of tea and went on, “and, when you make a Leap List, if you want to become a shop, generally you would say you are going leap into shop keeping or somesuch…and, of course, you wouldn’t generally write a Leap List in September.”

“But what exactly is a Leap List?” I asked.

“Oh,” she said, casually, “I thought you knew. It’s something like your blog post. You write down what you are going to do and then you leap into it. Once you’ve started, it’s good to keep it up on the same day every month for a year. It helps keep the momentum going and sometimes you might decide to change direction and leap somewhere a bit different”.

“Thank you”, I said, “and when, generally, should you write one?”

“Ah! generally it is in March,” she replied, “But in a Leap Year it’s best to do it on 29th February, of course”.

Suddenly, she glanced at the clock and Sprang out of her seat. “I’ll be late if I don’t get a shift on”, she said.

And before I could say so much as ‘goodbye’ she was out of the door and leaping away across the fields.

So, this year, I have decided (being somewhat on the spot and feeling I’ve not really had sufficient time to think about it) to Leap into being more orderly. Not, that I’m disorderly as such. It’s just that I am recoiling from pledging to be ‘organised’ and I’m in want of a similar result…

Here is my Leap List for the coming month and on March 29th I will update.

I hope you have a lovely day, whatever the weather, and I wish you good fortune wherever you Leap!

Janine @ Rainbow Hare