An Old Irish Blessing

Posted on March 17, 2009 by fairegarden

march-17-2009-025-21May love and laughter light your days,
march-17-2009-060-2and warm your heart and home.
march-17-2009-029-2May good and faithful friends be yours,
march-17-2009-082-2wherever you may roam.
march-17-2009-028-2May peace and plenty bless your world
march-17-2009-036-2with joy that long endures.
march-17-2009-046-3May all life’s passing seasons
march-17-2009-083-2bring the best to you and yours!
~~~
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
Frances

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45 Responses to An Old Irish Blessing

  1. skeeter says:
    March 17, 2009 at 11:22 am

    Happy St. Patty’s Day back at cha! May you find your pot of gold today! Love the blooms pics below! Fairegarden sure does have some color popping!

  2. Sweet Bay says:
    March 17, 2009 at 11:23 am

    Gorgeous photos Frances. I love all of the dewdrops.

  3. Marnie says:
    March 17, 2009 at 11:42 am

    That’s a lovely blessing. The Irish are a poetic and fun loving people.

    Your photos make me long to go out and rake the leaves back off the gardens. I pulled some back the other day and the ground was still frozen underneath. Soon.
    Marnie

  4. Monica says:
    March 17, 2009 at 11:50 am

    It seems like chocolate should figure into such a blessing, but that’s OK. It’s good anyway! Happy St. Patty’s!

    HA Monica, good one! I agree.
    Frances

  5. Crafty Gardener says:
    March 17, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    Lovely sentiment.
    Gorgeous photos as always.

  6. tina says:
    March 17, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    You too Frances!

  7. Janet says:
    March 17, 2009 at 12:08 pm

    Great photos Frances– would you believe I just came in from the front yard after taking photos of my Goldflame? Great shrub! Is that bronze fennel? Looking like spring is happening!!!

    Hi Janet, yes, I would. The Magic Carpets are leafing out and it is always quite a show, they are spread in several beds from rooted pieces of stems. That is bronze fennel newly emerging. Good eye. 🙂
    Frances

  8. Jan (ThanksFor2Day) says:
    March 17, 2009 at 12:08 pm

    Love the Irish Blessing, and hope it’s true for you too;-) I love the droplets on the leaves, and that shamrock is a plant I’d like to try.

    Hi Jan, thanks. The photo is of the invasive wild clover that wants to rule the world here. I wanted to find a four leaf clover, but lack the patience. 🙂
    Frances

  9. Cameron (Defining Your Home Garden) says:
    March 17, 2009 at 12:24 pm

    Frances — Lovely Blessing! Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you, too. (Fairegarden sounds Irish, is it?)

    Cameron

    Hi Cameron, the term Fairegarden was in an old English manuscript, but that was learned long after the name was coined. It was the name of my landscaping/craft business at the first TN home and uses my initials. My friend Laurie helped me think of it, and the old English spelling. I am of English/Scots/Irish descent. 🙂
    Frances

  10. Tyra in Vaxholm says:
    March 17, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    On the greenest day of the year I wish you Happy St.Patrick’s to you too Frances.
    xoxo Tyra

  11. Phillip says:
    March 17, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you too Frances!

  12. Darla says:
    March 17, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    Wonderful photos as usual and the same Blessings to you and yours Frances.

  13. Gail says:
    March 17, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    Frances, Hello! Now I know where you’ve been all morning…a wonderful post and the photos are lovely…Happiest of St Pat’s day to you and thank you for the blessing! Blessing to you, Frances my good friend. gail

  14. CurtissAnn says:
    March 17, 2009 at 1:08 pm

    What beauty! Thanks for the blessing.

  15. Phillip (UK) says:
    March 17, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    And to you. What great pictures.

  16. Rob (ourfrenchgarden) says:
    March 17, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    The same to you. Loving the photos. Really liked those unfurling croziers.

    Rob

  17. kanak says:
    March 17, 2009 at 2:29 pm

    …and the same to you too, Frances. Gorgeous photos.

  18. Rose says:
    March 17, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    Beautiful photos as always, Frances. The Irish really have a way with words, don’t they? I wish the same for you.

  19. cheryl says:
    March 17, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    Frances, may all your blooms be bountiful, lovely blessing and all the best of this day, Slainte!

  20. Daphne Gould says:
    March 17, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you too :>

  21. Dave says:
    March 17, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    Great pictures! I like the fern fronds emerging. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

  22. Lisa says:
    March 17, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    Beautiful post! Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you too!

  23. Connie says:
    March 17, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    Beautiful blessing and your photos are gorgeous. Looks like things are happening in your garden!

  24. HappyMouffetard says:
    March 17, 2009 at 3:24 pm

    A beautifully illustrated blessing. Happy St Patrick’s Day!

  25. fairegarden says:
    March 17, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    Thanks to everyone for your good wishes on this happy day. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing and I will spend the rest of the day in the garden absorbing it all.

    Frances

  26. Racquel says:
    March 17, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    A lovely blessing for today Frances. Thanks for sharing it & the beautiful photos from your garden. Happy St Patrick’s Day!

  27. Dee/reddirtramblings says:
    March 17, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    The same to you dear. May your garden year be filled with all sorts of green and growing things, and I don’t mean weeds. 🙂 ~~Dee

  28. Titania says:
    March 17, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    A wonderful tribute to St.Patrick’s day. The pictures are a masters work. Happiness all year round.

  29. Catherine says:
    March 17, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    How pretty. I love all the green and what is that neat plant in the fifth picture? The lighting makes it look like crystal!

    Hi Catherine, thanks. That is bronze fennel with heavy dew reflecting the sun.
    Frances

  30. Alice Joyce says:
    March 17, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    Lovely as always. And I do find it gratifying, indeed, to be among the wide-ranging cohorts in your blogroll, Frances!

  31. Brenda Kula says:
    March 17, 2009 at 8:16 pm

    And back at ya, Frances! My ferns looked like that weeks ago. Little fetuses curled up waiting to unfurl. And now they are at least two and a half feet tall!
    Brenda

  32. linda says:
    March 17, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    What beautiful shots of fresh green. Happy St. Patrick’s Day Frances!

  33. teza says:
    March 17, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    Frances:
    Happy St. Patrick’s Day my friend. I am sure the wee folk will be dancing in their meeting place in your garden until the wee hours of the morning! If you’re thinking of joining them, make sure to leave a light on! I am currently listening to Brian Kennedy, a wonderful Irish lad with the voice of an angel!

  34. Lisa at Greenbow says:
    March 17, 2009 at 9:05 pm

    Thank you so much Frances. I hope you had a great day. Your pictures are marvelous. I can’t believe you have ferns up so high and the moss is great. Happy St Patrick’s Day.

  35. linda says:
    March 18, 2009 at 7:31 am

    Good morning Frances, you won lettuce seeds from Renee’s garden. Congratulations!

  37. themanicgardener says:
    March 18, 2009 at 11:19 am

    Well, dozens have already said it, but they’re right: that was lovely. My favorite was the moss in the last photo. (That was moss, wasn’t it?) Since you’re gardening on a slope (in Tennessee), I’m assuming the rock is part of the garden?

  38. TC says:
    March 18, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    I still hope to visit Ireland before I’m done. But who knows, if I don’t, maybe I can afterwards. :~)

  39. Kathleen says:
    March 18, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    Your photos and verse should have been on the nightly news last night Frances. You know the pieces they do at the end of the half hour?? It’s just that fabulous. 🙂

  40. annetanne says:
    March 18, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    That blessing is beautiful…

  41. jodi (bloomingwriter) says:
    March 18, 2009 at 10:41 pm

    A lovely wish, Frances, and one I send back to you with all heartfelt best if belated wishes.

  42. Chandramouli.S says:
    March 18, 2009 at 11:28 pm

    The photos are as lovely as your words.

    Hi Chandramouli, thanks, but those words are not mine, however the photos are. 🙂
    Frances

  43. Shady Gardener says:
    March 18, 2009 at 11:53 pm

    Wow! That was fun. Thank you for wonderful visit I just had! 🙂

  44. Annie in Austin says:
    March 19, 2009 at 11:56 pm

    That’s a very sweet poem, Frances – thanks for the good wishes – isn’t everybody Irish on St Patrick’s Day? I love the early spring photos with the leaves emerging fresh and new.

    Annie at the Transplantable Rose

    Hi Annie, thanks. Spring is here, well in a few minutes officially, and the trees are beginning to leaf out. Oh happy days!
    Frances

  45. osoba taiwo says:
    March 13, 2010 at 11:36 am

    May the good God keep u and preserve ur ministry in the precious name of Jesus amen.

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