Most of the women at my church also wore green. My town is in bloom and looks beautiful. We have an Azalea Festival each year and it's in progress. There are marked trails through some of our older neighborhoods.People come from out of state to see it.Wish you all could see.

Thanks Lukkiirsh! I love Maxine as well and often send her cards to family and friends who appreciate her humor. Happy St. Patty's Day!

Happy St. Pat's Day to all who celebrate. Sometimes I pretend the day doesn't exist and I'm mostly Irish with a touch of Scotland and Wales thrown in - all immigrant coal miners in the mid 1800's. DD is half. As a child growing up in Castle Shannon (a suburb of Pittsburgh) March 17th was the feast day of St. Patrick, not really the huge drinking event as it is now. The day began with a Mass in the Cathedral and then we'd march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. I took step dancing lessons before someone decided that garish costumes and curly wigs were mandatory, sang all the old Irish songs with my dear Da, drank Brewley's or Lyon's tea with cream and sugar, and baked soda bread with currants with my Grandmother. We will have a special meal to celebrate this weekend when the kids come over for a birthday celebration. They always ask for corned beef and colcannon rather than the Irish stew or shepherd's pie we often had as kids. I took my son to Ireland for 10 days and we had great craic as they say - which means fun. He gallantly put up with me when I joined in the singing in the pubs at night but I spared both of us the embarrassment of dancing any jigs or reels. I hired a driver so that we could both sit back and relax and enjoy the scenery and not deal with the roundabouts and driving on the wrong side. DD's boyfriend is from London so we're trying to plan a trip to visit his family and then go on to Scotland or Northern Ireland. Maire

Happy Saint Patrick's! My son indulged my Celtic heritage. We listened to my music and he let me drink and sing loudly to Mollie Malone, Lord of the Dance, Isle of Hope/Isle of Tears... And if course, being Celtic, I cried my eyes out. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0783IpPKN4g It's the last reference. Play it loud, and cry along with me, direct descendant of Robert the Bruce. P.S. I can find four+ leaf clovers anywhere. Anytime.