corner view ≈ bloomin' practice

i am in two minds about april 1st. while i can appreciate a good gimmick, i do not consider april fishes to be that humourous. every april 1st however, i see many people thinking differently. in our country called 'send-away-day', i remember dad sending me over to my aunt (living next door back then) on one or other errand. the first few years this happened to me i stood there blinking, trying to make sense of my aunt's chuckle. 'you've been fooled, girl! your dad did it again.'

i thought it well unfair, i didn't see the joke. i considered, still do, sending someone away somewhere an awful waste of energy. but somehow those old time bad jokes did define my today's sense of humour by grasping what to eliminate. humour that dawns upon you as you mull over the words, is what i prefer. a verbally virtuoso will have me in stitches in no time. in that respect the more visual april fools day holds little crunch for me {unless words slip in}. 

all of this mulling draws my attention to rituals in some way, convinced they help shape our lives. partly driven by a jumbly lifestyle, i'm one not to obey consequence nor fate in an effective or even a lasting way. so the challenge i set was to get out the old fish stamps, and to carve me some waves, a tiny pattern i remembered from heart. i had to calculate some, because i wanted the curves to rapport match. i even stamped a test page to rule out mishaps and finetune the design. helping the practice forward, so to speak.

all of this presses me rather to simply also wish you a jolly good april 1st. may april bloom follow you, wherever you go. and if like me, you're one to keep a low profile on the day, let me assure you, i know where you're calling from. ☻ jane's corner view, francesca's hosting, bev's blooming theme.