{"id":1272,"date":"2012-03-17T23:59:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T04:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2012-03-26T00:11:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T05:11:05","slug":"happy-st-pats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/2012\/03\/17\/happy-st-pats\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy St. Pat\u2019s!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1273 alignright\" title=\"Jean Drawing Irish Doodles\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/colcannon450.jpg\" alt=\"Jean Drawing Irish Doodles\" width=\"450\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/colcannon450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/colcannon450-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a wonderful St. Patrick\u2019s Day here\u2014a lot of doodling, cooking, eating, and wearing of the green.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the mice who live here are part Irish, like me, and it\u2019s been fun seeing them prance around in their traditional costumes or wee green bowler hats.<\/p>\n<p>Blackie and Max got into the spirit of things before they even got out of bed, having worn beautiful green <a title=\"Dorothy Designs Etsy store\" href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/dorothydesigns\" target=\"_blank\">Dorothy Designs<\/a> roses to bed last night instead of their usual striped night caps. (Charlotte didn\u2019t get the memo, apparently, but looked festive nonetheless in her red candy box rosette.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1274\" title=\"St. Patrick's Day Flower Hats\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/st-pats-hats.jpg\" alt=\"St. Patrick's Day Flower Hats\" width=\"640\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/st-pats-hats.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/st-pats-hats-300x96.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After breakfast, Charlotte got up to speed quickly, performing a flawless Irish step dance beneath some shamrock \u201cmistletoe.\u201d It was awesome!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1276\" title=\"Charlotte Step-dancing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/kissme-640.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Step-dancing\" width=\"640\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/kissme-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/kissme-640-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1279\" title=\"Shamrock Shakes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blackie-slainte-450.jpg\" alt=\"Shamrock Shakes\" width=\"450\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blackie-slainte-450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blackie-slainte-450-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>Afterwards, Blackie supplied us with a second traditional Irish treat, to everyone\u2019s delight.<\/p>\n<p>Towards evening, Dad and I toasted my mom, Priscilla, and her Irish ancestors (including greatgrandma Bridget O\u2019Rourke, from County Cork), and enjoyed a traditional Irish feast. Charlotte stripped off her itchy dress and relaxed on the patio floor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1277\" title=\"Dad and Charlotte on St. Pat's\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/dad-irish-strip-640.jpg\" alt=\"Dad and Charlotte on St. Pat's\" width=\"640\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/dad-irish-strip-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/dad-irish-strip-640-300x96.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hope that however you spent your St. Patrick\u2019s Day, it was festive and fun!<\/p>\n<p>In fact, since it\u2019s not yet midnight, I\u2019ll bet a lot of you are still out celebrating, like my friends Karen and Tom, who stopped by a little while ago en route our village pub. A special shout-out to you both, and Sl\u00e1inte to all! (And Happy Birthday dear Karen, in just five more minutes!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a wonderful St. Patrick\u2019s Day here\u2014a lot of doodling, cooking, eating, and wearing of the green. 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