Top 'o the Mornin' To You!

Happy St. Patrick's Day, my friends!

For each petal on the shamrock

This brings a wish your way

Good health, good luck, and happiness

For today and every day.

These are photographs of my Grandma and Grandpa Coburn.  They were my mother's parents - my Irish grandparents.

My grandfather was a brass fitter for a ship building company and was one of the brass fitters during the building of the Titantic!   Quite interesting, don't you think?

Mom was born and raised in Belfast, was in the British navy during WWII, married my American father and had me!  Brought me over to the United States and settled in the boonies of North Dakota which was about as far away from Ireland as you could get...literally and figuratively.

This is the leaded glass panel that hung above the door at my grandparents' house at No. 10 Roosevelt Street in Belfast.  My mother had it removed and framed and brought it to the United States when my grandmother emigrated many years ago.  Since I was born there, I've now got it and it's hanging in the window in my dining room.

And now I wish you all a Happy St. Patrick's Day.

It's a good day to pass along the "Over the Top" award that Kitty Howard passed on to me!

The "Blogs I Love" page lists dozens of pages that I enjoy.  One of them is The Block by Kittie Howard. Kittie tells the most amazing stories. Real stories from her life experiences and stories about her Louisiana history.

I'm going to pass this "Over the Top" award on to a lot of blogs but just a few at a time.  For one reason or another, these blogs are "over the top" in my opinion.  They make my day.  I'm starting by honoring five eleven (couldn't decide on just five) but will be adding others, later.  Otherwise this would be a mighty long post!   Please copy the badge from the sidebar and add it to your blog.

Some of my favorites have already been honored by Kittie or someone else...you know who you are.

Thufferin Thuccotash  - somewhere near Santa Cruz, California.

Bag Lady's Blather - from northern Alberta, Canada

CultureWitch - Y'know, I think she's in England but am not entirely certain...she travels a LOT!

Nite Swimming - from the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California

Sidewalk Shoes  - from Tennessee (USA)

Bittersweet  - Again, not sure where Hannah hails from but she sure does have some great recipes, e-books and cookbooks.  Yum.

A Nut in a Nutshell - to be perfectly honest I am not sure where blueviolet is from!!  Doesn't really matter, though...this is a fun blog.

The Smitten Image - from Ontario, Canada

Shantiwallah - from New Zealand

Ms Fiddlesticks - from Georgia (USA)

Solveig - an Icelander living in Italy

More to come....stay tuned.

As the greeting goes (and I understand that real Irishmen don't even say this...) "Top of the morning to you!"  To which you reply, "...and the rest of the day to yourself."