It's March!!!

Finally March is here! Time for given o' the green. Time springs forward this month, so  it begins to stay lighter later. This Winter has been so cold and dark...Spring can't be far behind. 

Speakin of 'given o'the green

Shamrock Plants are available!

The name 'Shamrock' was anglicised from the Celtic word  'seamrog' meaning clover. There are 3 plant varieties today accepted as 'Shamrocks'. It is the Wood-Sorrel (Oxalis), Red-Clover (Trifolium Pratense),  and White-Clover (Triflolium Repens), but no one is sure which is the true shamrock mentioned in lore. The Shamrock was used as a medicine and talisman by the Celts. You see in Celtic mythology and lore the number 3 is powerful...lucky...so clover was a natural rep for this mystical power with it's three leaflets. The saying 'Good things come in 3's' and 'Bad luck comes in 3's' is Irish.When St. Patrick arrived in Ireland in 433 AD to convert the pagans to Christianity he chose the Shamrock to explain and represent the Trinity.

During Springtime  people would wear and give the Shamrock for luck and blessings.

Today we still continue the tradition by decorating our homes with the Shamrock for St. Patrick's Day.

It's the perfect gift of best wishes when someone moving into thier new apartment or house. They can even plant it outside in a protected area treating it as a tender perrenial.  The Shamrock sends get well wishes naturally and is sure to brighten an office desk for someone who needs a smile.