Irish For The Day

Oh, the music in the air!
An' the joy that's irvywhere -
Shure, the whole blue vault of heaven is wan grand triumphal arch,
An' the earth below is gay
Wid it's tender green th'-day,
Fur the whole world is Irish on the Seventeenth o' March!

-Thomas Augustin Daly

Nothing perks my spirits quite like the day of the Irish. The green, the shamrocks, the leprechauns, the fairies. It's a no expectations, mystical, fun celebration of a day. I love this day! And so do my three sprites. Even the boy got into the leprechaun-dressing. (And it only took 10 years to get him to overcome his shyness in order to fully jump into the fun of it all.) We started the day in good Irish spirits and we'll end it with a hearty Irish stew and some soda bread, with some good mischief made in between. It's a good to be Irish, if only for the day.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all!