a little birdie told me so: It's Nice to be Green and Other Things

Thursday, March 17, 2011

It's Nice to be Green and Other Things

Just a little something I see everyday.

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Hope you're having a verdant St. Patrick's Day!

(This is a mosaic re-post from last March 17th.)

Today is my baby's 27th birthday. Happy B'day son!

11 comments:

Betsy BrockMarch 16, 2011 at 9:00 PM
Oh that's beautiful! That reminds me of my church. I posted it around Christmas time. You probably don't remember, but it is very similar. How nice to see that every day!
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Lisa at GreenbowMarch 17, 2011 at 6:14 AM
Top o' the mornin' to ya Stevie. A beautiful church that you get to see every day. It looks very Irish. What fun seeing a picture of the green river in Chicago. I actually got to see it one time. FUN. I promise I won't be pressing any 4-leaf clovers. Cheers.
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Wanda.....March 17, 2011 at 7:00 AM
Love all the green, Stephanie.

Happy Birthday to your son!
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Reading Tea LeavesMarch 17, 2011 at 7:13 AM
Lovely mosaic for St Patrick's Day ...
and a very Happy Birthday to your son!

Jeanne
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mansuetudeMarch 17, 2011 at 9:22 AM
Love to see. As my irish friend says. Slancha! Or Cheers !
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DarylMarch 17, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Ah a St Patrick's Day baby ... happy birthday to him!

Lovely mosaic/collage ... top of the mornin' to you!
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CrickitMarch 17, 2011 at 4:35 PM
Love the mosaic! Happy Birthday to your son! :)
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tincanlilyMarch 17, 2011 at 6:06 PM
Happy birthday to your son. What a great day, for a birthday! I love the mosaic, I have to try and make one of them.
denise
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CharMarch 18, 2011 at 9:34 AM
happy st paddy's a day late. did you know that the catholic church allows you to indulge in the one thing you gave up for lent on st. paddy's day? me either until last night!
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Pat @ Mille Fiori FavoritiMarch 20, 2011 at 11:55 PM
LOved all your greens Stevie! Hope you ahd a wonderful St. Patrick's Day! Our grandson is keeping us all waiting and guessing!
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SusanMarch 22, 2011 at 5:32 AM
Love your green collage!
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I'm glad you stopped by and I look forward to your comments. As Dr. Fraser Crane would say, "Hello, I'm listening."

...."We were Birds Without Wings. You were a robin and I was a blackbird. And there were some who were eagles or vultures or pretty gold finches, but none of us had wings. For birds with wings nothing changes. They fly where they will and they know nothing about borders and their quarrels are very small. But we are always confined to earth, no matter how much we climb to the high places and flap our arms. Because we cannot fly we are condemned to do things that do not agree with us. Because we have no wings we are pushed into struggles and abominations that we did not seek and then after all that, the years go by. The mountains are leveled. The valleys rise. The rivers are blocked by sand and the cliffs fall into the sea." -Louis De Berniere

Who Said It First?

The phrase "little birdie told me so" may find it's origins in this Bible verse. "Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say" (Ecclesiastes 10:20). The earliest form of the saying was included in John Heywood's collection of proverbs (1546). In 1583, Brian Melbancke wrote in 'Philotimus'" 'I had a little bird, that brought me newes of it.' In 1711, in 'Letter to Stella,' Jonathan Swift came close to the current version: 'I heard a little bird say so.'