{I LOVE Mosses & Daffodils}

• Maybe strange but I LOVE, really LOVE MOSSES! And Daffodils of course...! 
• Am I crazy? Or are there others that are with me?... 
• I know my youngest brother Jan is crazy about mosses as well; so it must be genetic!

• This is a photo from such mosses that I'd pampered for years, weeding them so they could grow FAT, be happy and STAY...
• BUT, they need lots of moisture and with two very hot summers with lots of drought; all my mosses have VANISHED! Yes, they're gone.
• How I treasure this photo from 1994. That combination of daffodils and mosses looks perfect to me; or not?

• This photo is also from 1994, just last week I did scan those old slides.
• Plenty of daffodils than. Now only the green showed but no buds, no blooms for 2013.
• Here our semi-evergreen oak is still skinny and in its early years.
• If you click on the link below this post you can see the giant that it is now.
• Sure, there's always access to water and this pond never ever gets dry, as we had it dug in a wet area, kind of like a marsh. 
• A well from underground keeps it filled year-round! 

Do you have a fondness of mosses as well?

Related link:
{Our Different Oaks}| Previous post by me, showing the oak where the daffodils used to be...

{Our Irish Blarney Castle Sweaters + Short Hair}

• 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?

  

{My Green Sewing Creation}

• 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