I had another post started for yesterday and got busy and never finished it, so now today is St. Patrick's Day, and I guess I'd better address that first and go back to the other one later! LOL. So here we go...
St Patrick's DayIt is St. Pattys Day here at Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4...
1. Do you celebrate in any significant way?
Not particularly...I will probably be wearing green wherever I do and whatever I do, but I don't have any special plans for today except that I hope to plant my vegetables that I bought over the weekend...Benton is supposed to bring over the wooden planter boxes for me so I can get started on it...we'll see how far we get!
Lily Grace and her dog Bailey are all dressed up for St. Patrick's Day...they are hiding in a forest of shamrocks and looking for the pot of gold! LOL.
2. Is it religious to you or secular?
3. Is there any green in your wardrobe ? Your home? Is it a good color for you?
4.March has a lot of things associated with it... The Ides of March on the 15th, St. Patrick's Day and the old saying that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.
How is your March going thus far? Is it quiet? Is the weather good, bad or ugly? Is it a lion or a lamb?
2. Is it religious to you or secular?
It is a secular day in my mind. Although we appreciate the stories and legend of St. Patrick, we do not really connect that with anything "religious". He was a good man and it's a fun day to remember what he did for Ireland.
3. Is there any green in your wardrobe ? Your home? Is it a good color for you?
I have some green in my wardrobe, but it is mostly either more of a forest green or a teal green. I do have one kind of emerald green top that I will wear today so I don't get pinched. LOL.
4.March has a lot of things associated with it... The Ides of March on the 15th, St. Patrick's Day and the old saying that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.
How is your March going thus far? Is it quiet? Is the weather good, bad or ugly? Is it a lion or a lamb?
Well, yestereday was certainly a lion as far as the weather is concerned! We had quite the thunderstorm yesterday afternoon, and I hear that there are trees down in various places around here. There was a lot of lightning and thunder and very wild winds for a while. Thankfully we are fine and we didn't lose power, so that's good. It also has cooled down to 40 degrees this morning after being in the 80's yesterday!
These photos of the skies were actually taken the night before last, (Sunday night), when we also had a good rain! Rain two days in a row! Woo Hoo! Prayers are being answered!
But this is the Still Very Dry Still Waters Pond after the rain...it's like a big sponge soaking up the water, but there is still not enough to have any water on top of the ground. It's going to take a LOT more rain for that to happen.
But hey! There's one blossom on the Bottlebrush Bush! That's a start! LOL.
Hopefully today Benton is going to bring over my above ground wooden planters so I can get the vegetable plants planted. Although I hear we might get a frost tomorrow morning, so we'll see...I may decide to wait...but then again...I hate to keep putting it off...decisions, decisions...I can always cover them...Tune in for further developments! LOL.
In keeping with the tradition of the day, HERE is a link to a post I wrote a few years ago for Toni's Creative Adventures. Our Toni Taddeo was a very creative lady, and she often did these special "Creative Adventures" for us to make up little stories to go along with a theme. This one was my favorite, and it bears repeating again today especially for St. Patrick's Day. I hope you will take the time to revisit it and enjoy this little fairy tale today with a lovely Irish little lady.
I don't celebrate Saint Patrick for religious or secular. I just do green posts, and I have a black t shirt with a shamrock that says Love. nothing green in home or closet and no decorations... I am a little Irish and a little scot and who knows what else, just like our dogs. we got the same thing you got, but not as much rain, we had a pour down for 6 minutes that gave us a half inch and winds made a mess and its 48
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous sky photos, Pamela! Glad you got some rain even if it wasn't enough to refill Still Waters Pond. We don't do anything special for St. Patrick's Day, but I love it all the same as I have lots of Irish ancestry. Have a marvelous day!
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patty's day. It's just a fun day for me. Hope you get that rain soon!
ReplyDeletehappy St. Patrick's Day. Lovely photos as always. I enjoy seeing them. I see your little girl is all into the wearing of the green! Thanks for joining in. I truly appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patrick's Day to you. We do not celebrate in any way. Those are lovely photos of your sky. Hope Brenton shows up and that you have a lovely day.
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patrick’s Day to you, Pamela! I didn’t bring anything green with me on vacation, so I have nothing green to wear. We really don’t celebrate anyway. I had a few decorations out at home before we left but then switched them to Easter.
ReplyDeleteI’m glad you finally got some rain, but it still sad to see nothing on top of the ground. Hopefully it will continue to rain all night every night and fill up the pond. We’re having a great time and just left Buccee’s where we had brisket sandwiches for lunch. We’ve never had them before and can understand why everybody raves about them. Yum!
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy.
Looking forward to tomorrow!
ReplyDeletePamela: At our church, we have Irish Sunday. People wear green and our Praise Band is expanded, and the band members bring "Irish" instruments and play them. Our pianist brought his grandfather's accordion and played it with the group. We are having cold and snowy weather here. Sunday was rather nice, but it turned windy and 50 degrees colder for yesterday. We had snow cover the ground this morning. When we hear of nice weather, I say, "Carrot on a stick." Be blessed.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos Pamela. I hope you get enough rain to have a full pond again. I know how you love to capture the changing seasons at the pond. Have fun with your son and gardening.
ReplyDeleteHow adorable Lily Grace and Bailey look amid all that green! I had to look long and hard this morning to find something green ... it's not my most becoming color, but who wants to risk being pinched? I'm going to be watching your new planter boxes real close. Do you plan to cover them with netting to protect from critters?
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Paddy's Day to you dear friend. It's good to hear that you got some rain, hopefully you will have enough to fill your pond very soon . . . I always enjoy the photos that you take of it through the four seasons. It must be a delight to watch all the wildlife that it bring in.
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