While today is the Ides of March, we’re joining the fun with our friends, Rosy and her brothers from LLB in Our Backyard for this week’s edition of the Nature Friday Blog Hop. According to the ancient Roman calendar, the Ides signaled the first full moon of the month, which generally occurred between the 13thand 15th of each month. Though most of us associate the Ides of March as the day Julius Caesar was assassinated. Et tu Brute.
After this week’s “bomb cyclone,” with hurricane-force winds, extensive power outages (some still in effect today) and 8-12″ of snow and drifts, we thought we’d prefer to focus on the softer side of Mother Nature instead of her damaging impact on the environment.
This weekend is St. Patrick’s Day and a much better way to share a spot of nature by celebrating with some lucky ‘clover?’ While Oxalis is not a true clover (it’s part of the Wood Sorrell family), it does look like a plant most associated with St. Patrick’s Day (beyond hops in beer), the four-leaf clover. I’ve had this plant well over a decade and while it looks a bit bedraggled due to some inconsistent watering of late…my bad, this little guy makes my Irish heritage on my Dad’s side, smile. It recently finished blooming small white flowers. When grown outdoors, shamrocks tend to be somewhat invasive nature as their fast-spreading tuberous roots spread like wildfire. Indoors, they can brighten a sunny windowsill nicely as a charming houseplant.
As a nod to St. Patrick’s Day, Sam graciously agreed to pose for a photo shoot this morning while his sister, Elsa said “not no how, not no way and I don’t care what kind of treats you’re using as a bribe are involved.” Guess Ninja’s don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Still, everyone at the Ranch sends our best wishes for a fun and Happy St. Patrick’s Day weekend.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Always pawsitively furbulous looking Sam🐾
💜nose nudges💜🍀🍀🍀
Thanks, mom keeps me mostly fashionable. If only she wouldn’t laugh at me when she takes the photos. She’s gonna give me a complex. 🤣
huMoms!
💜nose nudges 💜
Reading this caused me to bang my head against the wall. I totally missed the Ides of March … which means I missed Buzzard Day …. Tiss tiss tiss. … shame on me. OK – Friday wasn’t the best day, and 2 days later I realize Buzzard Day … Oh the horror … but hey – Sam dressed for today makes me smile.
Buzzard day? I’m not familiar with that one. Sounds like you missed Pi Day too. 🥧
Every March 15th, the buzzards return to Hinckley, OH http://hinckleytwp.org/content/buzzard-day-history
Fascinating. I have never heard about that phenomena. Charming.
And in keeping with celebrations you wouldn’t want to miss, today would have been Nat King Cole’s 100th birthday. https://youtu.be/EGBYm9gEJLY
Cheers to the man with the Ramblin’ Rose!
That velvety voice singing all those ballads. A classy guy throughout his life.
SAM! SAM! SAM!!! Oh if mee were a poochie mee wuud fall inn love with you!!! Yore purrfect an oh so hansum inn yore Irish finery!!!!!
Elsa you wuud have rocked THE green!
An wee had wind an rain from THE BOMM an it flooded a lot of placess (wee are safe!) An guess what started after a week of nothin….you got it! Snow since last nite! FISHSTICKSS!!
***purrsss*** BellaDharma
Elsa makes a fine looking lass in Kelly Green. I’ll bet you do too, BellaDharma. ☘️
Mee bet Elsa wuud look pawsum inn Kelly Green! An mee wuud too with mee green eyess, mew mew mew…
She looks pretty Irish in my mind. Check her out on our Instagram page where you can see for yourself. ☘️☘️☘️
How do wee do Instygram Miss Monika?
www,Instagram.com then search for us (Tails Around the Ranch) But you need a cell phone to post images through their app. A pic of it (and others) on the right side on our blog page shows the last 4 photos we’ve posted. ☘️
Kewl Miss Monika!!! Elsa wearss green furry well 😉
Have a great St. Patty’s day!
☘️☘️☘️You too!
Sam, you are adorable in your Irish garb!
Thank you. Mom says I’m very very Leprechaun-ish-does that mean the same thing?
I think you’re not as mischievous as a Leprechaun. 😉
Oh trust me, he can be mischievous ANY time.
You look very Irish Sam! We are excited as the temperatures as supposed to get in the low 60’s next week!
hugs
Hazel & Mabel
Wow, you’re going to be warmer than us-good for you!
Sam looks a very reluctant Leprechaun……
Reluctant perhaps for posing like a Leprechaun, but certainly not reluctant to dish out Leprechaun mischief. 😊
Sam, you look great! Have a happy weekend!
Thank you, Kosmo. As you can see, I take these celebrations seriously. We hope you have a wonderful weekend with springtime conditions.
Sam should join the St. Patrick’s parade. He has really put us in the mood for green beer.
Parades are old hat to Sam; he knows just how to do them up just right.
May the luck of the Irish be with you.
Erin go braugh☘️
Oh, the things Elsa could do to that hat!
It’s almost terrifying just contemplating the carnage. 🤣
Lookin’ good Sam!!!! Ma (who is half Irish) approves of your outfit! She has been lookin’ for my Irish headgear and can’t seem to find it.(hint: I hid it while she wasn’t lookin’…hehehehee) Butts she is still on the hunt, so headgear photos are still in the mix..sigh.
Have a most FABulous St. Patrick’s Day weekend!!
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
Ugh, the head gear photo shoots are the worst. I had to endure 7 attempts. Funny how that hat kept slipping. {snicker} 😆
Happy St. Patrick’s Day weekend!! What a handsome leprechaun you are, Sam!
xoxo,
Jakey, Arty & Rosy
Love the Shamrock and Sam looks like he is ready to celebrate. Green is a good color for him.
He was very patient while I was setting up. It was hard because I was laughing so hard. 🍀🍀🍀
Mom has had oxalis before but not for a while. She loves the ones with the pink flowers, but they are hard to find.
Sam did very well. We got the Irish treatment today too. We were not too happy about it, but the treats made us cooperate.
Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber
It’s one of our favorite houseplants. Have never seen the pink blossoms, only the purple leafed one (besides this green variety).
You’ve got it ALL covered, S. Happy St. Patrick’s Weekend!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
We sure hope so. Maybe we can even coax the Ninja to celebrate with us. #needbettertreats
Sam, you are just too cute. All ready to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Hopefully, the weather will be changing for everyone and snow is not in the forecast anymore until winter. Thanks for the share. Have a wonderful day.
Aye lassie, we are ready 🍀🍀🍀
Why thank you. I think my Irish roots come through loud and clear. BOL☘️
Sam looks adorable!! I LOVE your clover too! Oh and I TOLD YOU there would be snow…….hehehe…..sit tight…I bet there will still be more!
That’s guaranteed. We had snow the first week of May the past two years!
You are stylin’, Sam. Love your necktie! Happy St Patrick’s weekend!
Hey, a guy’s gotta get his Irish on this weekend, right? ☘️
all that charm and gift of gab? He is Irish! Love the tie!
If treats are involved, he’d try to be a cat somehow! 😻
Sam has the patience of Job…
Happy St. Paddy’s day to you as well!
The dog is shameless when it comes to treats. BOL
It’s so nice to see something green.
Sam, you are such a good sport! Happy St. Patrick’s Day weekend! I don’t have any Irish in me, but my Dad’s birthday was St. Patrick’s Day, so he thought that made us honorary Irish. 🙂
This time of year, EVERYONE is Irish. LOL ☘️
Erin go brah, Sam! I’m hoping to give to Rock City for Shamrock City fun this year. Xox Xena
Dance the day away, little star! ☘️
We’re not Irish either, but we have a little leprechaun amongst us. And sometimes she’s a gremlin, but we love her no matter which of her multiple personalities she wears. 🍀🐾
We’re particularly fond of little leprechauns. 😍
You’re so handsome, Sam and such a great poser for mom.
Have a woof woof day and weekend. My best to your mom. ♥
Thank you. Mom says to have a super ☘️weekend!
Wow, Colorado really did get hit hard by that “bomb cyclone”–hopefully the last big storm of the season. Meanwhile in San Diego, this past week we saw a migration of Painted Lady butterflies coming up from Mexico…lovely!
Can’t wait for their arrival here. They flutter around the garden like drunken sailors from the plumbago pollen and make me smile.
Love them!!
Sam you look quite dashing!
Happy St.Patrick’s weekend to all of you!
Just call me Haberdashery Sam. 😆
lets have some green beers Sam… and we hope there is the lucky clover with the 4 leaves in your pot, so we will have no hangover the next day ;O)))
Yes, that would definitely be a grand celebration-us German breed dogs drinking green beer and not having a hangover the next day.
What an outfit, Sam! My gosh, you do look all spiffed up!
When you put on a tie, peeps think you clean up nicely. ☘️Little do they know there’s mud out there with my name on it!
LOL