It was a great group I had encountered two summers before at a Celtic Festival at Hunter Mountain in the Adirondacks of New York -- Trinity from Dublin, Ireland. I loved their music. When I saw and heard them, I was excited to have them to listen to during our lunch.
I wore a bandanna to cover my hair since I couldn't be bothered to do more than run a brush through my hair and throw on a t-shirt and jeans before we went out.
I think I was more than lucky, I was blessed, to have those caring friends. But ...
They did not say anything as I went with them, wearing a rust colored bandanna that day.
As you have probably guessed -- with an Irish band playing at lunchtime, it was St. Patrick's Day and I was totally clueless.
My only defense is that I always 'carry me green wi' me' since I have green eyes. LOL!
The guys in the band glared at me as I entered the restaurant but kept on singing and playing; they glared at me as we left. It was only later that I realized why. I asked Tracey and Dorothy why they had not told me I was wearing "orange" that day and they told me they thought I was doing it on purpose! Oh, the horrors and embarrassment!
I remember hearing that the white in the Irish flag is a symbol of the hope for peace, tolerance and the ability to live together that was in the hearts and minds of many Irish following the withdrawal of the English and the Irish Civil War of the 1920s. It took a long time but I am happy to see a much more peaceful Northern Ireland than was in the news when I was a kid.
When we think of Ireland, though, we think of 3-leaf and 4-leaf clover, pots of gold at the end of a rainbow, of leprechauns, tall tales, blarney, kilts and bagpipes, St.Patrick, Guinness, no snakes and GREEN. Verdant green rolling hills due to its temperate climate.
In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, March is "Lucky Me" month at Fun Stampers Journey!
Selected "green" items are on sale all month. Ink pads and refills, cardstock, Irish-related stamps sets, some of the die sets too. Plus there is an incentive to join FSJ as a new Coach during March. A list of all the items included in the sale is available here.
New coaches who join in March and decide to attend this year's FSJ Convention will get $50 to spend on FSJ products at the Convention. If you are not able to attend the Convention, there is this, though -- New coaches who place their first $150 order within 45 days of joining FSJ get an extra 10% commission back on that order. On top of the regular commission, plus the sale price and the extra 10% off -- not a bad deal at all! Aye, savin' the green on the green.
For more information, leave a comment, email me at suseadoodle at gmail dot com, and/or contact me at Facebook.
March is a "lucky" time! Join the fun!
For a chance to win a gift from me, leave a comment by March 26, 2016, and say "I am lucky!" or "I am blessed" and let me know which of the "green" items on the sale list you would like to see me use in a project ... not promising anything but I will do my best ...
If you are reading this post after March 26 -- leave a comment anyhow -- you never know what might happen :D (especially when the Irish are involved -- and since that very embarrassing day in New Brunswick, I have discovered some Irish in my own family history ... )
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