Thanks to Google and their lovely vaguely-pastel logo art for alerting the vast internet population to this delightful day!
Here's to a hip hip for the creator of the iconic gluttonous bunny and shovel-weilding, heartless farmers!
Here's the woman of the hour, walking her beloved pet rabbit, Benjamin Bouncer
No, honestly-- who didn't love her tales as a child? Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Jemima Paddle-Duck are still household favorites around here. Mutie has a miniture boxed set of selected Beatrix Potter works that I coveted as a child, and upon my most recent homecoming read to my youngest sister, the esteemed Badger.
I didn't know that she had visited Scotland on family holidays, though thinking back on her illustrations, I can't say that I'm surprised. Likewise, I was unaware of her work on lichens and status as an expert on mycology. Crazy.
To celebrate this lovely lady, I suggest we all dust off your old childhood companions and be alright with a moment of literary softness, so much like rabbit fur, and smile blissfully-- it'll make a delightful change of pace!
No worries, Benjamin, you're right on time!
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