May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life’s passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to one and all!
~~~
To view last year’s images to these same lovely words, (not my words but rather those of an old Irish being, we assume), click here-An Old Irish Blessing.
Many thanks go to Pam at Digging for imagining Foliage Follow Up to be held after each month’s Bloom Day.
The photographs are featuring, in order:
Oxalis triangularis
British Soldier lichen, Cladonia cristatella
Sedum ‘Purple Emperor’
Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’ backed by Juniperus chinensis ‘Gold Coast’
Erythronium americanum
Calluna vulgaris ‘Sunset’
Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana Lutea’
Trifolium rubens seedling in greenhouse
Frances
Fairegarden 
Frances,
These images are just beautiful. I had to go back and revisit the first, the color and lighting of the Oxalis is just beautiful. And, the lichen is equally spectacular. Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you, too! What a wonderful collection for Foliage Follow Up.
And may the wind always be at your back. Happy St Patty’s day. Beautiful foliage. Have you heard that there is a shortage of shamrock in the Emerald Isle since their winter was so horrible. Almost unheard of. Cheers.
Dear Frances, I have so enjoyed this posting over my morning coffee – not Irish, I fear. A splendid way to start the day.
Frances,
Happy St Patty’s Day to ya! Loved the irish theme here today, I am Irish you know.
Right back atcha’! Lovely photos Ms. Frances.
Thank you for the blessing, Frances. I am off to Canada Blooms today, and meeting one of my best friends from Kingston. Good times will be had by all.
Happy St. Patty’s day to you Frances! I must confess, I forgot. It’s a good thing I read your post before getting dressed! Your eye for photography is amazing, sun or no. My favorite is the cobweb with the little droplets of water like tiny little seed pearls. No matter the season, nature surrounds us with such beauty if we just open our eyes to it.
Ah bless ya, and happy St Paddys Day greetings from Ireland, Sunny
You’ve reminded me to wear green today, Frances. I really enjoyed your tying foliage day into a celebration of St. Patty’s, and of course the oxalis “shamrock” pic is perfect for today. Thanks for participating.
Happy St. Patricks Day to you too, Frances!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Frances, or as I like to call it Happy Pea Planting Day!
Nice posting Frances. Great foliages. I am leaning toward the Cornus (could be alba–really want a red red red stem) My friend who has a salix said hers is sending runners out and it is spreading.
I think that British Soldier lichen is fun.
Lovely Irish Blessing. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you, too!
There’s just something sweet about the green shamrock and its cousin the deep mahogany oxalis, and your close ups are beautiful. I have clover planted as an ornamental, both in containers and in the garden. Don’t know why, but they make me happy!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, dear Frances 🙂
Hi Frances, Aren’t Oxalis the cutest?! And it’s always so exciting to see the little “cabbage” sprouts of sedum. Is that dotted foliage pulmonaria or some kind of lily? Happy St. Paddy’s Day!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Frances!! Love are the different foliage. I was going to ask what lichen that was, but I see Jean already new! Very charming British soliders.
Frances, can I assume your first lovely purple Shamrocks are a tribute to the Black Irish? LOL, beautiful, as usual. You know I once heard that the wheelbarrow was invented to get the Irish to stand on their back two legs. Is there any truth to this? 😉
Hi Frances, Thank you. Happy St. Pat’s Day to you, also. Your spider web photo is one to enlarge! 🙂
Beautiful post Frances, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you too! I love the British Soldier Lichen.
Dear Frances, Thank you for the blessing and wishes~Your photos are splendid…love the oxalis, but my oh my~you are still master of the spider web photo. xxgail
The lichen in the second photo is to die for! I love it and how you captured it in this photo!!! WOW! Very nice blessing.
mom, you are brilliant. happy st. paddy’s!
Nice. Needed that,thanks.
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you and yours.
I bought a hundred of various small bulbs, and you’re right. It sounds like so much and looks like so little.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I love that first Oxalis,do you grow it outside?
Love it! Thanks for the post…. Cheers!
Hoping you had a great St Paddy’s Day. Your green thyme was ingenious. Love it.
I wore my green but nobody knew, cept me.
Had to hold off gardening as it rained again. Grrrr.
I do love Irish blessings and had not heard this particular one before. As always your photos are just beautiful.
Thank you for the lovely words and thoughts.
Wonderful photos Frances! A fitting blessing. I love your first two and number six! ;>)
We all need every blessing we can get in these last snowy days. And the photos are as beautiful and hopeful as ever.
Best wishes to you, Frances! Those photos are exquisite!
Thank you for a beautiful post! It was indeed a blessing. As always, your photos are stunning. I love the purple oxalis. Though it is not hardy for me, I plant it out in my garden each year.
Thank you for the blessing, and for getting down on your knees to bring us close to the wonders happening in your garden
Thanks from Ireland,
This is a great post.
The images of the flowers are brilliant to say the least.
Well done.