Had a very long but enjoyable day yesterday. Met with my friend from NOTH and his wife and had a great time. Good company and good conversation. Good weather too. Was 64 and sunny.
The play, The Sunshine Boys, was very funny. I thoroughly enjoyed it. A lot of laughs.I met some nice people that just moved here from South Florida. I didn't get home until around 11PM, and I was exhausted from the long day...but it was a good kind of exhaustion.
Watched a recap of the college basketball scores and didn't get to bed until around 2:30AM. Slept in until 8AM. I feel great and the temp will go to 70 today along with a lot of sunshine. I love it.
I hope your day goes well and your temperatures are as nice as mine will be today. God bless you.
Going to be a long day, but one that will be in the mid 60's and sunny. I look forward to all the fun. I just hope my back spasms don't rear their ugly head.I probably won't get back home until around 11 PM tonight.
I pray you are well in mind, body and spirit. Thank you for being my friend.
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here is a little History for you.
St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity's most widely known figures. But for all his celebrity, his life remains somewhat of a mystery.
Taken Prisoner By Irish Raiders. It is known that St. Patrick was born in Britain to wealthy parents near the end of the fourth century. He is believed to have died on March 17, around 460 A.D. At the age of sixteen, Patrick was taken prisoner by a group of Irish raiders who were attacking his family's estate. They transported him to Ireland where he spent six years in captivity. During this time, he worked as a shepherd, outdoors and away from people. Lonely and afraid, he turned to his religion for solace, becoming a devout Christian. (It is also believed that Patrick first began to dream of converting the Irish people to Christianity during his captivity.) After more than six years as a prisoner, Patrick escaped. According to his writing, God's-spoke to him in a dream, telling him it was time to leave Ireland.
To do so, Patrick walked nearly 200 miles from County Mayo, where it is believed he was held, to the Irish coast. After escaping to Britain, Patrick reported that he experienced a second revelation-an angel in a dream tells him to return to Ireland as a missionary. Soon after, Patrick began religious training, a course of study that lasted more than fifteen years. After his ordination as a priest, he was sent to Ireland with a dual mission-to minister to Christians already living in Ireland and to begin to convert the Irish. Familiar with the Irish language and culture, Patrick like many before him including Christ, chose to incorporate traditional ritual into his lessons of Christianity. Rather than of attempting to eradicate native Irish beliefs he would give them new meaning. For instance, he used bonfires to celebrate Easter since the Irish were used to honoring their gods with fire. He also superimposed a sun, a powerful Irish symbol, onto the Christian cross to create what is now called a Celtic cross, so that veneration of the symbol would seem more natural to the Irish. Although there were a small number of Christians on the island when Patrick arrived, most Irish practiced a nature-based pagan religion. So for the most part St. Patrick did indeed Christianize Ireland.
Did St. Patrick remove the snakes from Ireland. Well some contend there were never were any physical snakes there to begin with. But in a symbolic way he did indeed remove the snakes from Ireland in the hearts of the Irish people. The "banishing of the snakes" was really a metaphor for the eradication of pagan ideology from Ireland and the triumph of Christianity. Within 200 years of Patrick's arrival, Ireland was completely Christianized.
The first St. Patrick's Day parades were in not in Ireland but in NYC staring March 17, 1762.
For symbols and recipes and more fun facts click the link below from the History Channel.
Supposed to go to 55 today with a drizzly rain. Low 60's Wed and Thurs & mid 60's and sunny on Friday. Taking a resident to a Dr. tomorrow in London. Needs blood workup prior to her knee operation on the 22nd. Then on Thursday, I'm meeting with a friend from here on NOTH (and his wife) in Berea. I intend to spend the whole day there, shopping after the visit, as I have to come back in the evening anyway for a play I will be attending that nite. Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys"....Should be a funny play. It's going to be a long day...but one of fun and a lot of shopping.
Sunday was a good basketball day for me. The Kentucky Wildcats won in double OT, the Ohio State Buckeyes won very convincingly, and last but not least, my NBA team, the Cavaliers beat the Celtics. A very good day for me.Another yucky day here. Overcast and the high only going to 49 and rain later in the day.
I name this one for a change.. I call it "Artistic Celebration" for it is honoring the arts.
My mother was a well known artist.. It rather brought it home this past little while when my brother Tom was staying in our regional hospital and on his floor near him were two of my Mom's paintings. When I wasn't sure what was going to happen to my brother somehow those paintings brought me comfort. Mom was painting yet when she went to the hospital that last time. She had just finished her final painting and signed it. Mom also was so great in writing, as in journalism but also was a playwright, she also did acting for the arts council, and she directed plays, was a makeup artist, and taught theater. Dad was very musical and sang from the time he was a young man and even until just before he passed away in 2005. Not far from where my brother was, on the same floor, I saw the last place Dad was before he went home to heaven. I don't mean to sound sad here. It was comforting really strange as it might be and so in honor of my parents who were such talents and blessings in my life I didn't get a photographer in this one but Dad was also a great freelance photographer, I was thinking of his music. Anyway although when it went to save some of the animation died a bit one never knows when doing a Blingee if it will work the way you see it until it saves. This one didn't but liked it well enough I decided to send it out anyway.
As for me well it will be another busy week with doctors visits for my brother all the rest of the week.. Tomorrow is filled then one in the afternoon on Thursday and still another one in the afternoon on Friday thus all week will have to go to Hays each day that is a lot of driving. But one expects that in NC Kansas in the middle of no where. :) But it kills the day.
The weather was quite warm for early March yesterday...It almost hit 70. It should be close to that again today....with the possibility of some rain. I just hope we don't get a rash of really cold weather again, after this great weather we've been having. I pray all is well with you. Thank you for your friendship.
Another beautiful sunny day yesterday. High of 63. Just delightful. The next 3 days are to be 61, 61 and 65. I hope we are over the hump now, and Spring is on it's way. Hope your day goes well. God Bless.
Sunday was such a lovely sunny day, I decided to take another ride out on the back roads of my area of Kentucky. The temp hit a high of 62, and you could just smell Spring in the air. The grasses are greening up, some home gardens have been plowed up already, and it was just a perfect day. There was little traffic on the roads, which made my drive even better.
I stopped at Long John Silvers for a quick bite to eat. Got the 2 piece fish with hush puppies. Instead of the french fries though, I asked to substitute more hush puppies. Normally they give you only 2 in place of the fries, but this guy gave me 4. Was I surprised, but very happy. I love hush puppies. With my hunger satisfied & my thirst quenched with a pink lemonade, I resumed my nice peaceful and leisurely drive.This one was only for 3 hrs. instead of the 6 hrs. I drove 2 Sundays ago, but it was nice and not as tiring.
I guess I did a good job of recharging my batteries for the upcoming week. The drive was nice, but it was also good to get back home.
I hope you had a great Sunday also. It is to be in the 60's here most of the coming week also. I felt so good, I added some flower photos to my profile page, so as to bring a smile to anyone's face that visits my site.
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