It’s St. Patrick’s Day. None of us here are Irish — as far we know, although Cammy’s full name is Cammy O’Rose so that might mean something.
Oddly enough for me, I am wearing green today. It wasn’t intentional. I always resented the pressure to wear green on March 17th when I was in school. I wonder if my high school had an unusually high percentage of Irish descendants.
Dave is not letting his lack of Irish ancestry get in the way of a good celebration and will be playing with the Gully Boys at Firestone’s this evening. They’ll be playing things like “Danny Boy” and “Cockles and Mussels,” as well as Grateful Dead songs and some originals.
It’s Monday and it’s raining. We’ve been watching water pouring off the hill behind the new office all day. A lot of it is ending up in the driveway so we still have some work to do out there. At least it isn’t going into the basement of the house any more.
This weekend my sister and I went to the New England Flower Show in Boston. This used to be an annual trip for us but I haven’t been for some years now. It was great. We were able to go during early member hours so it was relatively uncrowded. We were just about finishing up when the doors opened to the general public.
The trip did make me itch to get out in the garden. It’s too early to plant, of course, but when it starts to dry out a little, I will get out there and start clearing up some of last year’s debris. I usually leave some dried stems and seed heads for “winter interest” but by this time of year it’s all a soggy mess.
I could get the grow lamp out of the basement and start some seeds. It may yet be too early for that even though our front yard is a whole zone warmer than the rest of the area. They’ll get too leggy before I can get them in the ground.
I have to cut this aimless rambling short. Dave just reminded we have a meeting to attend in Woodstock, and then dinner out with friends.
One of Dave’s songs will be getting air time on 99 Rock out of Lebanon, NH.
The song is “Thinkin’ Bout U” and it is being aired on this week’s radio show “Water, Oil, Mars” from MoJo Live Radio out of Franconia, New Hampshire.
MoJo Live Radio does a great job of highlighting new music from independent artists from around the world. It is recorded and downloaded to their internet site where it is picked up by independent rock stations all over the world. Check out the radio list on their web site for a station near you.
Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man
