Showing posts with label St.Patricks Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St.Patricks Day. Show all posts

Thursday, March 15, 2012

St. Patricks Day


4th Annual St. Patrick's Day Blog Crawl~ March 13th!

Time for the shamrock to appear again,just getting organised for St.Patricks Day so things are looking a little sparse at the moment! Linking up with Kathleen at www.cuisinekathleen.com for her annual Paddys Day Party!
On the hunt for a suitable recipe for the day!

I wonder how many Irish tables will be serving this on Paddys Day??????
My crochet mat given to me by a lovely blogger Charlotte from USA! That shamrock in the bowl is the real deal ..........no fake here!
The Children of Lir............
Legends of Ireland.............and there are many!

And lastly the jewellery for the day.............what else but the shamrock! Happy St.Patricks Day to everyone out there!
Happy Gardening!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

St.Patricks Day

Today I am linking up with www.cuisinekathleen.com for her annual Paddys Day Party!Celebrations do not start here until tomorrow with the Parade through the city centre and believe it or not but turkey is on the menu in this house for the day!No bacon and cabbage to be found here,sorry to dissapoint!Most people are looking forward to a long weekend having had the foresight to book Friday off work and enjoy 4 days of leisure before Monday rolls around again. Weather is sunny and bright but nightfrosts still,so heres hoping for a dry day for the celebrations and parades!
The wearing of the green!
This was taken at last years celebrations but it will look the same more or less this year,a food market set up in the city centre with music going on all day and lots of crafts and goodies to buy!
My shamrock jewellery for the day with toning top!
Today I am linking to www.cuisinekathleen.com for her annual Paddys Day Party!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Spring Specials!

My camera is back in action after a long hiatus so today dawned nice and spring like and here is a selection of my spring plants in flower.Still have not got around to a major clean up mostly because I have had a cold for what seems like a month now though feeling much better! A wise weather man who is good at predicting future weather for Ireland has this morning said that we may have a White St.Patricks Day!Lets hope he gets this one wrong,he says spring has arrived too early and we about to be thrown back into a period of bad winter weather!He has forecast the last two white Christmases and forced the bookmakers to pay out more than 80,000 euros to the punters who bet on same!
Spot the fake! Recently purchased these in my local garden centre Hanleys who do a great line in artificial flowers,these are hellebores,two bunches,they cheer up the hall table!
Buds forming on Sambuca black lace
One of a few buds forming on my white camellia,this is a first for years!
My camellia in bud,usually I do not have great luck with this plant,it buds and then they fall off before flowering or no buds at all,I fed and watered this one back in late summer although I notice some leaves covered in a black sooty type powdery substance this morning! More problems ahead methinks!
A lupin I planted last year in flower coming back ,success!
Cherry blossom (Prunus?) showing some lovely plump buds! Purchased in Lidl for 7.99!
Wallflowers starting to colour up an old favourite!
Monkshood
Day lillies
Snowdrops,that ugly fence in the background will be removed by the end of the month and replaced with new pannelling and cement base like the rest of the garden,the final piece of the jigsaw!
Grape Hyancinths



All facing forward!
Primrose
Beautiful Hellebores at their best now.
Tete a Tete standing straight!
This primrose just appeared as is ,no leaves just flowers.
Narcissi and snowdrop together!