HODGEPODGE MARCH 17

1. St. Patrick's Day lands on March 17th. Do you believe in luck? Are there things you do thinking they'll  bring good luck or  things you avoid because they're considered bad luck? 

2. Forest-lime-sage-mint-olive-emerald...what's your favorite shade of green?

 

I don't like green at all for clothes. Grey and green don't suit me either; I look like a corpse in this color. The only green that suits me is olive green. But I like all shades of green in nature ! 

3. In Ireland the meal on this day is often a hearty beef or lamb stew served with colcannon (mashed potato mixed with cabbage and leeks). In the US corned beef and cabbage is the more typical St. Patty's Day meal. Will you/did you mark the day with one of these dishes? Baked-fried-roasted-mashed...what's your favorite way to eat a potato?

I have been in Ireland, but I don't remember what I have eaten there, only that it was all good. Corned beef and cabbage sounds familiar to me. If I haven eaten this must have been in my childhood in Germany. With an Italian husband such a dish was impossible ! But we will celebrate St. Patrick here in "my" castle, although most of the residents don't know who he was and why he is celebrated, that's too new for them. On the menu is written "Irish Stew". I hope our Italian cook, who is real good, will do his best and prepare an Irish stew (without Spaghettis) 

My roommate Rachel, dressed for St. Patrick. All the staff had such a head decoration ! 

4. What color of the rainbow best represents your personality/mood today? Tell us why. 

I would say yellow ! The sun was shining, the sky blue and I went with a friend to a real nice Restaurant and had a drink there ! We even sat outside on the terrace, it was so warm ! That really lifted our mood !! 

 

 5. Which 'lucky' quote resonates with you. Elaborate. 

  'Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.' E.B. White 

 'Diligence is the mother of good luck." Benjamin Franklin 

'Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.' Seneca 

'Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.' Ralph Waldo Emerson  

 

I think the last quote suits me the best. 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

I have no special thoughts today, I enjoy the sunshine and our park, who slowly gets green and greener. When I am sitting outside and everything is green, then I love green, all greens !

When I go for a walk here, I feel really comfortable.