Tuesday 4 ~ St. Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick

It's time once again for Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4.

Since Saint Patrick's Day is March 17 it might be nice to talk about it.

1. Do you celebrate the day and is it more secular or religious for you?

I would say it is more secular for us and just a fun day to wear green so we won't get pinched.

2. Americans eat corned beef and cabbage but it's not traditional in Ireland at all. (Per our hostess Annie:)In my house its Colcannon and Beef Stew or Cottage pie (shepherds pie made with beef instead of lamb).. which is more realistic and far less salty. Do you make special meals for holidays? What will you make for St. Patrick's Day?

Well, I had planned on making Corned Beef and Cabbage with potatoes and carrots.  We are expecting some special company that day, coming in from Georgia to spend a couple of nights with us.  So my original plan was to make the corned beef, etc. to enjoy with our company. However, I discovered that our friends have some special dietary needs, and this would not really be good for them.  So, I went ahead and cooked the corned beef and cabbage this past Saturday and took it to our church "Agape Pot Luck Luncheon".  It was actually a big hit and there were some very appreciative folks there who haven't had that in a long time...in particular one older single man who came here from upstate New York, and he said he used to always have this for St. Patrick's Day and he hadn't had it in years. He was very happy and just raved about it. That made me feel very good and I knew that it was the right thing to have done.  I will come up with something else for our company that will be more suitable for their diets.  

This is not my picture. I forgot to take one of mine, but it looked a lot like this.  It was very good, but I really didn't get to eat much of it...as I said, it was a big hit with everyone else at the dinner. Thankfully there was plenty of other food to choose from!

3. Do you have much green in your wardrobe? Does the color look good on you?

I wouldn't say I have a LOT of green, but I do have some. Yes, I'd say it is one of my colors. Being a natural redhead green seemed to be something I should wear (even though my eyes are blue!) I did wear a Kelly green top to the luncheon the other day. Again, no pictures...

4. In school we put up giant green shamrocks and Leprechauns. We made green paper chains to decorate our classrooms. What do you do to decorate?

This year I haven't done hardly a thing. Just can't quite get in the groove. Even my front door "wreath" is pathetic. LOL.

This is a modern day version of a green paper chain with shamrocks on it...LOL.

And this wreath inside the house has a lot of green in it.  Normally I do a lot more, but like I said, I'm just not quite with the program this year.

Here are a couple of links to previous years' posts about St. Patrick's Day. They are much more in keeping with the spirit of the day, so perhaps you'd enjoy reading them again, if you already have in the past.

Link to a previous St. Patrick's Day post that was full of fun! (and bears! Oh my!)

And THIS one was one of Toni's Creative Adventures for St. Patrick's Day, with our special friend Lily Grace and some of her friends!

By the way, we are keeping a close watch on the Sand Hill Crane family these days. It's been almost 30 days since we first saw that they had eggs on the nest...so the eggs should be hatching any day now.  The couple keeps close watch on the nest and on each other. This isn't the best picture below, but the crane out in front had just chased away some wood ducks who were getting too close to the nest.  Anyway, since there are two eggs, if both of them hatch this week I've decided I will name them St. Valentine and St. Patrick, because we first saw the eggs on the nest on Valentine's Day, and if they are born this week St. Patrick should also be honored by one of them. We could call them "Valley and Patty" for short. LOL. So stay tuned for further developments!

Again, not a great picture, but this was the male wood duck the crane had chased away:

Okay, let's head over to the Tuesday 4 link up and check on our friends.  

I  hope you have a Happy St. Patrick's Day, whether or not you choose to celebrate!