Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day, m' friends!

I know no finer day to wear the most green possible, cook your version of the traditional Irish breakfast, listen to and sing Irish music, get chills as you listen to the Irish Rugby team sing "Ireland's Call", and to celebrate your Irish pride. :)

☘ ☘ ☘ ☘ ☘ ☘ ☘ ☘ ☘

My great-great-great-great-grandfather was born in Ireland. . . so I'm not sure how much Irish blood that gives me.  . .but I know it's enough to be proud of and wish you all a very hearty HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY! :)

"May your troubles be less,
and your blessings be more.
And may nothing but happiness
 come though your door."
(An Irish blessing.)

Love,

S. F.

The Gothard Sisters - Hummingbird

The Gothard Sisters have a new music video for their song "Hummingbird!" It is very beautiful, happy, and inspiring. :)

The Happy Tag

Thank you so much for tagging me, SW! ♥ This tag is quite fun and brings a bit more joy into your day as you think about all the things that make you happy. :) What you do is list things that make you happy under the 6 categories given.

I tag Kara, Abby, Carissa, Chloe and Sarah.


Books:

The Word of God

Anne of Green Gables

The Wind in the Willows

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

A Child's Garden of Verses
Peter Rabbit

Words:
Love

Faith
Hope
Family
Home
Brilliant
Done

Movies/TV:

Anne of Green Gables
Little Women
Scenes in Hobbiton from LOTR and The Hobbit

Scents:

Just before it rains

Mushrooms cooking

Dirt and grass

Roses and Rosemary

Old books

The library

Songs:
I Am a Child of God

Mountain Rose Waltz by the Gothard Sisters

Fairy Dance Jig by the Gothard Sisters

Sunshine by John Denver

Fur Elise and other classical
Hobbiton theme song

Misc:
Smiley Faces :)
Hugs
An armful of books
Letters from friends in the mail (and e-letters, too)
Sunsets
The tick-tock of a clock
A cat's pur

February 29th

"Thirty days hath September, 

April, June, and November; 

Thirty-one the others date, 

Except in February, twenty-eight; 

But in leap year we assign 

February, twenty-nine."

 ~Unknown

Image from the Internet.

 Happy Leap Year Day 2016! 

Just think, today there was no last year and there is no next year! :)

♥ LOVE ♥

Valentine's Day has passed, but I still wanted to share some of my favourite quotes on love.

“The world is indeed full of peril, 

and in it there are many dark places; 

but still there is much that is fair, 

and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, 

it grows perhaps the greater.”

~ J. R. R. Tolkien

"Love doesn't make the world go round, 

it makes the ride worthwhile." ~ F. P. Jones

And then this acrostic is so perfect that I had to share~

Frosty Mornings

It's that beautiful time of year when you're greeted by a white frost almost every morning. On two of those such mornings, I ventured out and photographed some of the magical fairyland (as it seemed to be.) Here are some of the best:

Endings and Beginnings

 The old year has gone, like the dying sparks of a fire.

Now the new is here; 'tis a fire blazing bright.

Have a wonderful 2016!