SAINT PATRICK'S DAY.

Dig out your green today, because it's March 17th, Saint Patricks day. I have a corned beef brisket to put in the crock pot and a head of cabbage. I am going all out to try and bring the luck in . Oh I also have green shamrock earrings. I wanted to get fancy and put a picture of a rainbow with a pot of gold on the blog today. But sorry it didn't work out. So there is no fancy art work to get you in the mood.

I am trying to get the hang of putting pictures and a few items on my blog but as I don't see well its not easy. This giant pink flower at the top of the page was not my choice but the only picture I could get to copy. So now if you do drop by this big flower jumps out at you. I wanted spring flowers, something soft and pretty. Instead I have this large pink blossom that seems to overwhelm the page. I promise I will be working on this. There is no telling what I will end up with though. So hang onto your hats.

Anymore when I go to the store there is never any telling what I might end up with there either. I think I am buying one item and end up with something else. But there is a sunny side to that, there is always a element of surprise in my meals. Steve over the last year has taken to eating more snacks and less cooked meals. Hmmm, I wonder why? But I keep right on trying.

One thing bad about poor sight is that effects seeing faces clear. Someone will bound up to me, "Hi Billye, how are you doing?" I mutter fine, all the time trying to connect the voice to what I am seeing of their face. But the plus is that I don't see my wrinkles as clear as I could. So if I am not seeing your face clear that means I'm not seeing mine clear either. So there is always a bright side if you look for it hard enough. At least that's what my Momma always said.

I wanted to have a special blog today. Saint Patricks day and all. It didn't work out. One of those days sparse on the wit and heavy on the boring. But if you get a chance drop by tomorrow and I will try to stir the brain a little harder and come up with something a little more interesting. At least I will try. Below you will find a couple of lucky things I came across. Also a little about Saint Patrick's Day.
So today I am cooking corned beef and cabbage and wearing my green earrings. I'm looking for the rainbow and the pot of gold. Maybe the little lucky Leprechaun will appear and direct me in the right direction. Hope always springs eternal. Maybe I should drink a green beer or something fun like that. I guess green beer drinking is fun. I'll have to ask around. So for today, I'm out of here.


Nature's Good Luck Signs
Ancient Folklore
5. Acorns
In Norse folklore, both the Acorn and its bearer, the oak tree, bring good fortune.

The Vikings associated oak trees with Thor, the god who created thunder and lightning with his great anvil and hammer. Because the tree attracted lightning, it was sacred to Thor. Thus they believed that the Acorn, the fruit of the oak tree, was always spared the god's wrath, and so they began putting a lone Acorn on their windowsills to protect their houses from lightning's wrath.

6. Rainbows
Rainbows are considered lucky, because we all know, if we find the end of the Rainbow, there will be a pot of gold.

7. Eggs
In traditional folk religion, the Egg is a powerful symbol of fertility, purity and rebirth.
It is used in magical rituals to promote fertility and restore virility; to look into the future, to bring good weather, encourage the growth of crops and protect both cattle and children against misfortune, and ward off the evil eye.

In England, a gift of a white Egg is considered lucky, but a brown Egg, not only brings luck, but happiness as well. -(The Encyclopedia of Religion, 1987, p.37,"Egg")

Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, Scottish Gaelic: Là Fhèill Pàdraig) is a yearly holiday celebrated on 17 March. It is named after Saint Patrick (circa AD 387–461), the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland. It began as a purely Christian holiday and became an official feast day in the early 1600s. However, it has gradually become more of a secular celebration of Ireland's culture.