- Yep, yesterday I had a major haircut... much needed and I would like to hear what you think...
- Today we went to a special music program at our Christ Episcopal Church at noon.
- Since it is an official event of the Saint Patrick's Festival most people did wear some green.
- So out came our all cotton Irish Blarney Castle Sweaters that we bought during one of our consulting trips to Ireland.
- They just feel comfy to wear on a sunny, but windy day!
- That's me with short hair and our feline boy Bandido, on the steps of our gazebo...
- You can tell the pollen is starting to come, as seen by Dido's paw prints on my navy Escada jeans!
- That's the Blarney Castle, all cotton sweater from Ireland.
- Below I will show you a detail of it and also form the necklace and earrings.
- These Blarney Castle sweaters do have a shamrock knitted into the front!
- Quite appropriate for our City of Dublin, as it is the emblem here.
- Escada jeans in navy with old Salamander ballerina shoes with ankle strap.
- The yellow Carolina jasmine is budding out and will look pretty very soon.
- The sun is so harsh already that making photos is nearly impossible without shade marks.
- Yes, we both are dressed in partner look...
- Pieter is holding the chicken wire, on which our Carolina jasmine vine is climbing up as a support.
- Here it is with one Blarney Castle emblem up on the left sleeve and a larger one inside the neck.
- From Pieter I received once this cloisonné Hex sign that he got me in Pennsylvania in the early 80s.
- The Irish Shamrock Hex is a sign for good luck surrounded by smooth round lines for an easy life. The two distelfinks make for a double portion of good fortune while the heart suggests love.
- The silver earrings with green Malachite stone, we bought while doing consulting work in México, during a weekend sight seeing with our boss/friend Agustín.
- Fond memories and they play an annual role in our Dublin St. Patrick's Festival...
Are you celebrating St. Patrick's Festival in your City?
- Saint Patrick's Festival is a big event here in Dublin, Georgia and we have all month something going on and LOTS of green is being worn!
- Here I like to show you some OLD pictures from 1995 where we had plenty of narcissus blooming and also our fragrant Clematis Armandii vine was in full bloom.
- This year; none of these! Sad for having to miss them... Only the pictures of years where they were blooming can give us joy.
- Below you find a post about our fragrant 1916 heirloom Thalia narcissus as well as our Clematis Armandii vine with its Fragrant Blooms... It was a dream in 2011!
- Here I am wearing a Burda Pattern Jacket - My Sewing Creation.
- Skirt is Michael Kors
- Silk blouse is Michael Kors
- Shoes are patent leather from Bruno Magli from Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5th Outlet.
- Seen are also our fragrant 1916 heirloom Thalia - latest of our Daffodils but this year NONE of them bloomed...
- We both are glad for having these photos with our favorite flowers!
How is your crop of spring flowers doing this year?
Related links:
{Burda Pattern Jacket - My Sewing Creation} | previous post by me
{Our Clematis Armandii - Fragrant Blooms on Evergreen Vine} | previous post by me
{Our fragrant 1916 heirloom Thalia - latest of our Daffodils} | previous post by me
{Heirloom 1916 Thalia Orchid Narcissus & Ipheion Star Flower in Our Garden} | previous post by me
- Probably not many readers from outside the USA do know the Mailbox system that we have here. Very convenient and with a red flag that we can raise for the mailman, to indicate that he has to take out some outgoing mail. He then will lower the raised flag and we know that the mail has been taken/delivered. No needless trips to be made to the road where the mailbox stands.
- Our German 'son' did take such a US Mailbox home for his Grandmother so she didn't have to walk through rain or snow in vain for checking the mail. That was a very thoughtful gift from him! They had to educate their rural mail carrier how it was supposed to be done and it worked fine ever since.
- So let's have a look at those mailboxes in rural Georgia/USA.
- When people do come home from work, from their car they can open up the lid and take their mail or parcel out. Those boxes do contain quite a lot of mail.
- Contrary to the narrow slit for pushing letter mail through mailboxes, mainly inside front doors, in The Netherlands. Anything that will not pass through the opening is considered parcel post and will be delivered at a higher rate and separately.
- The green box is provided by the local Newspaper The Courier Herald.
- How many miles a rural mail carrier must drive on any given day?
- And how about delivering mail on rainy days?
- Just like we had a couple of weeks ago with 18" or 45.7 cm rain?
- Hats off to those rural mail carriers or UPS delivery, FedEx etc.!
- But anyhow, I am glad that we live in a sub division with paved roads...
Bet in Canada, Australia and New Zealand it can be very rural too.
