Our morning dawned all pink and rosy with highlights of yellow which quickly disappeared into a thick veil of clouds.  The weather guys are saying that a huge wind  to come in by noon today and stay well past nine o’clock tonight.  This huge wind is supposed to have gusts around 45-55 m.p.h.  Bringing with it a cold front for tomorrow.

Now that the weather people have warned us…I’ll just bet the fire departments will be busy with those individuals that think a little wind can’t hurt if you burn your ditch….burn off your field…or burn your garden patch.  Heck, a little wind will just help things move along nicely!

We have entered the ‘fire season’ here. (that says it all—so I shall stop here and not continue, enough said, so speak.)

(The above photos are from the fire which was started several miles from us and ran through our place two years ago)

My foot is healing…still swollen and hard to walk on, but the redness is gone.  Healing is progressing nicely.  I thank all of you for your comments and concern for my health, it does mean a lot.

Today is traditionally my day (and maybe others) to plant English garden peas and Sweet flowering Peas.  These plants love cooler weather, so putting the seeds in the ground now always make for nice eating later in the late spring/early summer. And lovely blooms for the early summer table.  But I shall not be doing so this year.

Today is also the day for celebrating the Irish in us.  And today everyone has a little Irish in them!   🙂  🙂

Sadly the Irish were the poorest of all immigrant groups that arrived in the United States in the nineteenth century (1800’s) , and many women especially suffered as a result of being abandoned or widowed.  It’s nice we have moved a long way from those times!

My maiden name is Doyle…all my life I have heard that we were Irish.   I have not found when my Doyle lineage arrived in America.  I do have my Doyle family line to 1775 Ohio. So I guess I can take a little bit of Irish upon myself as the surname Doyle IS a true Irish name, sometime after the Danish Vikings landed.  (Say with tongue in cheek 🙂 )

Therefore, I wish upon all of you a very Irish Day!

Your Friend,
Linda