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| Some of my favorite Irish china |
Spring has sprung.... or at least it looks that way. Happy Happy! DH and I are celebrating with a Caramelito Espresso with salted caramel ice-cream. Didn't buy it, made it with my Nespresso machine that has been lying dormant since my IC diagnosis. It's delicious... and even more so because it is on my *Don't* list. But I've done so well lately, that I thought I'd cheat (hope I don't regret it later).
The grass is green (well, the winter has killed most of the grass... so it's the weeds that are green), the Bradford pear trees are in bloom, and I can see new growth almost everywhere. I know it doesn't mean that we won't have another unexpected cold spell, but since it's probably in the 70's (possibly 80's) today, I would hope not. Actually just checked and it's 82 F!!
and.... Happy St. Patrick's Day! DH and I wore our green today while walking. He's Irish on his mother's side and I'm Irish on my Father's. When I was doing ancestry, I tried to find info on my Father's side in Ireland, but I could only get as far back as England. The original family name was O'Regan, but when they moved to England, they removed the "O" and went with just Regan. Then when my grandfather moved his family to the States, they were naturalized and returned the "O" so he became "O'Regan" again. So I was born as an O'Regan. I never knew my Irish/English grandparents as they both died when I was a baby, but I wish I had. From the stories told, my grandfather led quite an interesting life. If I ever get the stories verified by ancestry, I will write about them. And I've often wondered why once they settled in the states, that they never returned to visit family in England or Ireland... and vice -versa. (Grandma's family were English from London and knowing the history of the English - Irish controversies, perhaps her family was not happy with Grandpa being Irish? I'd love to know that story.)
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| These were all taken the Easter before I painted the inside of my cup cabinet green... |
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| Will have to take new pictures this coming Easter... |
Guess that's it for today. Have a wonderful St. Patrick's Day!
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| Chickadee in bird feeder |
Happy St. Patrick's Day back to you! Great pictures, and I do hope you enjoyed your little sinful treat without any ill effects. :-)
ReplyDeleteLuckily I didn't have any ill effects from my Nespresso treat. But I won't do it too often.
DeleteYou're way ahead of us, Rian. We still have tons of snow everywhere and no new growth to be seen. The birds know what's coming soon, though. They are much happier and showing up in two's. Love to see your china. "Happy St. Patrick's Day" I'm half Irish, too.
ReplyDeleteI can see that you still have snow there... and may for a while. But hopefully, spring is coming... eventually. As for my china, I've given my daughter a good bit of it, but kept some to enjoy myself (although we don't use good china much these days). An occasional cup of tea in a nice china cup is a treat!
DeleteHappy St Patrick's Day to you. I wore the green yesterday but noticed there wasn't much in the way of celebrating the day about town. A shame.
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"The wearing of the green".... a fun tradition.
DeleteHappy St. Patrick's Day to you. Nice that green has shown up in honor of the day, even if just weeds.
ReplyDeleteYes, I definitely appreciated the green - even if they were weeds. There are even lots of flowering weeds that I think are really nice.
DeleteYour little vignettes are sweet, especially the dragons. I dug way into ancestry, on the whole to understand why my paternal grandparents behaved as they did. No satisfactory answers.
ReplyDeleteI plan to keep *digging* into our ancestry. I found out some interesting stories on my mother's side this past summer by using ancestry.com and collaborating with a 2nd cousin in New Orleans who also does a lot of ancestry searching. Mom's side is French and there's quite a bit of info out there to be had on mom's family name. But I'm hoping to find out more on my father's side... the Irish/English heritage.
DeleteHappy St Patrick's Day! You have such lovely china.
ReplyDeleteHooray for spring...I hope it's there to stay. We're still above freezing temperatures here in Saskatchewan but it is expected to cool down this weekend. I'm okay with that as long as it doesn't snow!
I imagine it's still pretty cold there. But spring is coming... right?
Deletewhat a great idea for a bird feeder, happy st pats belatedly
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