Welcome to Saturday and St. Patrick’ Day. I was beginning to think that yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day after I wrote my blog. I turned to Facebook and saw all kinds of celebration things concerning St. Patrick’s Day and I even made comment that maybe I was wrong. But — an Irish friend of mine said that I was correct —- they just celebrate it for several days. I reckon even we might be having a wee bit of corned beef and cabbage today for a meal. My last name might be German but in fact I am adopted and my Ancestry DNA result said that I am “European” which could mean just about anything.

Wow!! A hawk just came through and squirrels and birds went everywhere. It is amazing how they scatter. They were all sitting here minding their own business and suddenly there was a
“Whoosh” as birds took off and squirrels left feeders swinging and ran to the trees. This time the hawk didn’t even stop, — it just flew through. I think it was a Hawk’s version of “Psyche!” I didn’t know they had a sense of humor. LOL.

It is really a gray and brown sort of day. The sky is totally overcast and it looks almost foggy. I guess one would call the air “thick”. It rained last night and will probably rain on and off again today. It is currently a damp forty-four outside and will be getting colder as the front moves through this afternoon. Winter has four days left and seems to be milking every one of them. Like everyone else, I’ll be glad for some milder and warmer days. I was out in the yard yesterday spreading the Epsom Salts on the flowerbeds and I noticed that the peonies are coming up now. My new tulip bed is up about three inches but not showing signs of flower stems or buds yet. The daffodils and crocus, and hyacinths are blooming too. We only have a few of those and they really aren’t pretty. Frankly, the only place I ever see really pretty hyacinths are in the grocery flower section in a pot or at the florist. It seems to me that in my flowerbeds, they are one and done. The second year they are never as nice. But then again, maybe I’m not doing something right with my planting and care.

I find it incredible that a week from tomorrow will be Palm Sunday and Easter is just a week after that. This year Easter and April Fool’s day are on the same day. Don’t you know there will be a lot of sermons preached on that. I’m sitting here thinking of ideas for it right now and it won’t even be my week to preach.

Speaking of Sunday, I hope you will take the opportunity to visit your preferred house of worship at some point this weekend. I’m a big believer in being grateful for blessings received and going to church and sharing that gratitude with others seems to me to make it even better. So, have a wonderful weekend. Share your love and your blessings. Peace.