Getting ready for St. Patrick's Day and Painting

 

Lucky Shamrocks

acrylic on birch,

5 x 5 inches

 Barbara Muir © 

SOLD ♥

Today I've been painting like crazy, and picked up our beautiful
invitations to the Colour of Light exhibition in April at the
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. I will be handing those out
wherever I go until the are last opening is over.

Meanwhile Steven and I are also getting ready for a Happy St. Patrick's Day.
It will be a small dinner this year -- just Steven and me, but we're decorating 
tonight. This painting (sold) shows shamrock flowers which are delicate,
not the hearty, shiny green people decorate with for March 17--

St. Patrick's Day.   My mother said that the Poindexters, our "Irish"

relatives were Huguenots, who fled France for Ireland, and then fled Ireland 

for Canada settling near what is now Perth, Ontario. By that time they were 

Pounders. I don't know any relatives with this name. 

Those ancestors lived in harrowing times fleeing persecution and famine.  
Our family made up of Scottish, English, Irish, French and Italian on my side,

and Dutch and Indonesian on Steven's side started celebrating this

day when the children were little.  And because children have

fabulous memories you can't have a special celebration once, so

we continue to celebrate every year. And will again tomorrow!
Green champagne and some green food -- salad or broccoli. I hope
you have a good one.

Have a Happy St. Patrick's Day tomorrow..