Sunday, 17 March 2019

St. Patrick's Day and the Irish Whiskey Blues: Sunday, March, 17th.

 There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write. -William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist (1811-1863)


Yes I can play! See you Monday!! Happy St Patricks day to you.  Enjoy your whiskey tasting, Judy I will bring the table! Thank you Judy Blue! I saw you passing by in the canoe, at 0:25. You wore a life jacket. Julien our to-be sea kayak guide would approve :-) Bruno Yes, it is time to take the high road Thank you for thinking of us Brenda Louise Dear St. Patrick, Of course, it is I who should have sent you a card on this wonderful morning by the sea, but the truth is I just got out of bed after a rough St. Patrick celebration with contradancing at the Merville Hall yesterday night.
 
Anyway, I hope your recovery is on schedule and wish you a holy and serene St. Patrick's Day in the invigorating presence of your loved ones. Just let'em bring their gifts! Kjell Thanks Patrick, enjoy your saint's day! Hanneke As usual dear Patrick, you are quite a nice and wonderful friend!! I enjoy your cards, thanks, we went out no time to send a request..... all the best Vittoria Hi Vittoria and Jake! Please you enjoyed the card and trust you're both well. Fond regards from Lady Dar to you both.  Cheers, Patrick! Thank you Patrick. You are always soooooo on the ball! Ciao Yda  Hi Little Evita! Pleased you enjoyed the card and trust you're both well. Fond Regards from her to you, Yda, and Arni. Stay well. Cheers, Patrick!
 
Are you Santa, also known as Josinta! I'm sure you won't be contagious by Monday evening so unless you are not feeling strong enough by then please do join us. Thank Aarturos for dropping by and for the tasty oranges he left. Much appreciated and good to have a visit. He also saw Lady Darjeeling as I'm sure he told you. 
She is at Oasis United this morning and when she returns I'll clamber back on my bike and ride. I like to have someone present when I first get on and then when I dismount as I don't wish to risk a fall. Managed  minutes yesterday and enjoyed it immensely. Am going for at least half an hour today. And then it will be Mummy Man as we'll need to wrap my arm in a plastic bag to keep my incision dry when I have my first shower. Quite interesting to see how one can adapt reasonably easily to the constraints of such surgery. Trust you're feeling well enough to enjoy the sunshine. Honda stills, [Fondestos], and chairs, [Cheers], but the seal, also known as Patrick! Pic: This is what I'm having for my special St. Patrick's Day brunch!
 
[Patrick hope you're drinking green shiraz, washed down with Jamiesons. Stefano! Hi Old Oak! Trust all goes well with you two. No Shiraz but Lady Dar and I enjoyed a wonderful tasting at the South Okanagan Whiskey Tasting Society St. Patrick's Day event, with eight fabulous, fabulous, [a number quite rare], whiskies.] Hi Patrick, Thanks, cute card. Go easy on the St. Patrick's celebration as your body needs to heal!! Peter Hi Patrick, Yes, I’m going to the St. Paddy’s tasting.  See you there. Peter Are you go stump Pedro, [Hello Peter]! I'm sure I'll be fine with you at the whiskey tasting to keep me in line! Trust you both are enjoying the sunshine. Cheers, Patrick! Pic: St. Patrick's Day brunch, contrary to your good advice!

Great minds think alike - hope you enjoyed your card too! Thanks also for your message - so true - these are very troubled times xx Penny Hello Duhlink! Pleased you enjoyed the card. [From what you mentioned, I assume you sent me the same one but I never received it!] Trust you're both well. Lady Dar and I enjoyed a wonderful tasting at the South Okanagan Whiskey Tasting Society St. Patrick's Day event this afternoon. I know that many of my friends, [Madcap among them!], we'll be extremely jealous when I show them the eight fabulous, fabulous, rare whiskeys we tasted. Fond Regards from her to you, Dearest Penelope, and Mad Madcap. Stay well. Cheers, Patrick!

 
[Great pictures! Thanks for sending! Love Mom]

Happy St Patrick's Day Susannah Thank You very much Patrick and Corrin. Hope your having a wonderful St. Patricks Day. Hugs from Von Bingen :) Happy St Paddy's Day to you and Corinne, Patrick. See you soon. Dianne Happy    St. Patrick’s day. Named after you. Chooch! Thank you for this lovely card. Dame Judith Very good photo of you and Coriander! Heal well Paprika! Love,
Carol
Lovely card thank you. JT

Hello, Padraig! I would say 'top o' the mornin' to you but, by now, it is 'bottom o' the afternoon'. Thank you so much for your card. Hope your March 17 has been enjoyable and afforded you all the time you need to do all the things you love, especially on this your 'name day'. Best to everyone! Jacqui D  

Great minds think alike - hope you enjoyed your card too! Thanks also for your message - so true - these are very troubled times xx Penny! Hello Duhlink!
Pleased you enjoyed the card. [from what you mentioned, I assume you sent me the same one but I never received it!] Trust you're both well. Fond Regards from Lady Dar to you, Dearest Penelope, and Mad Madcap. Stay well. Cheers, Patrick! Tap of the Marning to you Patrick. Beautiful sentiments. No priests in the gathering just peace. All to the Sally Garden. Love to all. Take care Thanks for the nice card and wishes. The Sartys Beautiful st Paddy’s day scene Patrick! Choocherian Hi St. Patricio! Thank you for the greetings and I hope you are healing up fast and well, knowing you I am sure you are on an intense workout regime. One more week for me on this show and then freedom!. Give my Love to the girls and we'll talk soon. Cheers, Al 
Your voice dictator is a riot. Nice selection of Irish whisky. Tullamore Dew (phonetically, "Tu l'as mordu" or "You bit it") is another nice one. I like the Yes No tatoos on your shoulders. One is never too cautious when it comes to getting cut open, and the simplest solutions are
still the best.
 

Thanks for the beautiful card, Patrick -- we're wishing you and Corinne the same, today and every day. May our world grow as open and sharing as your hearts. Best always -- Jack and Jane 

Thanks Patrick and right back to you! Hope your shoulder is not too painful but perhaps on this day you can substitute a dram or two of your favourite whiskey for the pain killers! Take care Lou 

Happy St Paddy’s Day!! When your surgery?? Have a speedy recovery! Cheers!! M Patrick James Dunn Hi again, David! Just off for a whisky tasting at a St Patrick's Day event! Arm is in a sling as I had a complete right shoulder replacement on March 12th. Nevertheless, I can still bend my elbow so can't complain. Cheers!

Young Patrick. It is a beautiful spring day here, and to receive a lovely card from Saint Patrick himself is thick icing on the cake. Thanks so very much. I am still undergoing tests for the dreaded "c", and will fill you in when I get results. All my best to you and your clan.. or as Trump would say Klan.. Cheers.. Bill  Happy St Pat’s day to you too! Hope you are well and C thank you patrick Judy H Thanks for the card/message - - do hope all went well with your recent surgery. Roma & Leonard Travis is scheduled to hike the south island of New Zealand for 3 weeks (April 3-April 24). I'll send you some photos of our local family life by email. Thank you and the same to you and yours on our namesake's holiday!  Patrizzia
 
Cheers to you on St. Patrick day!! Just today I was thinking about you gays. Telling my family...I have a friend in Penticton who is for sure celebrating today. We also have Patrick in our family and we’ll be going out for diner tonight. Colette, my granddaughter is a good dancer , and off course she is very good also in Irish dance...she was chosen for summer school (Winnipeg Royal Ballet) Hope you are all doing very well. I am sure you and your wife are still full of energy and travelling the world. Here in Victoria and Vancouver is getting warmer and sunny days are here, so I’m trying to enjoy every moment. Wishing you and your wife -today- this moment to celebrate. Happy St.Patrick’s. Cheers. Jozica 💝💝  

Hi Jozica! Delighted to hear from you and know you are doing well. Congratulations on Colette's summer school with Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Since we are from there, we are very proud of the company! Corinne spent two months in Mexico, January and February, while I stayed home to snowshoe! We became great-grandparents on February 22nd and Corinne spent a week in LA, after leaving Mexico, to see Olivia Rose, born to Samantha and Alexander, our youngest grandson, a member of the LA Fire Department.

Busy summer coming up for Corinne, as a Mariage Officiant. She has ten weddings so far. We leave for Vienna and Eastern Europe at the end of August for two months or so, travelling with close friends for the first month, as they are still working. Stay well. Cheers, Patrizzio! Thanks for the card/message - - do hope all went well with your recent surgery. Roma & Leonard
Hi Roma and Leonard! Delighted you enjoyed card. Thanks for good wishes on my surgery. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Young Patrick. It is a beautiful spring day here, and to receive a lovely card from Saint Patrick himself is thick icing on the cake. Thanks so very much. I am still undergoing tests for the dreaded "c", and will fill you in when I get results. All my best to you and your clan.. or as Trump would say Klan.. Cheers.. Bill Hi Wild Bill! Delighted you enjoyed card. We send our best wishes regarding your medical tests. Mick and Polly Carter will be up in June and Denise and Bill Gross in July so plenty the VRC contacts! Cheers, Patrizzio!

Patrick it’s always a treat to receive your card. We do agree times are troubling on a multitude of fronts. We just returned from a wonderful trip with the family to Perú including Machu Picchu then on to the Galapagos for 5 days. We had extraordinary weather and the trip was A+ in all regards. Hope to talk soon. Dawn & Gerr  Hello Marine Iguana People! Wonderful to learn that you and family enjoyed such a terrific trip, one of a lifetime, I'm sure! Delighted you enjoyed card. Cheers, Patrizzio!

Happy to hear you are ready to get up and go. Would love to join the crowd on Monday. Susan Happy you survived ! Would like to join in. Cheers Carol Hi Patrizzio, Please count me in! Jos, do you want me to pick you up? Just let me know. Hugs, Olly Hello Bridge Sisterhood! Thank you all for the quick response. We will have two tables so if Judy Blue will lend her table we'll be set to go. Look forward to seeing everyone anytime after 6:30 pm. Thanks and Cheers, Patrick Looking forward to it! Jos Patrick, you sent me an ecard today but for some reason it would not open. Anyway, thank you for the thought. All the best, Peter Hi Peter! Trust you are well! Sorry that the card would not open. I know that in the past a number of other friends encountered the same difficulty. I'm not computer expert but I believe it has something to do with the ability of your particular computer and its flash drive capabilities. Perhaps Ragin' Bull could be of some assistance. Otherwise, perhaps a Google search might provide some answers.
 
On another front we are looking forward to visit from George Maddison this coming week. Jane Slinger, his partner, is a teacher and on Spring Break, and they are staying at a friend's place in Osoyoos. I underwent a complete right shoulder replacement last Tuesday and although I could travel to their place it is more comfortable to stay here. That being the case they are planning drive up and stay with us for number of nights. While the temperatures have started to become more springlike there is still plenty of snow in the hills so I know they're planning to do some snowshoeing, and much wine tasting, it goes without saying! Again, all the best. Chairs, [Lost in automatic dictation=Cheers], Patrizzio!

Pics: In case the card cannot be opened here are a few snaps that I trust will. Lady Dar took them just after my first shower following my surgery. Later that afternoon we attended a South Oak in August, [a South oh come noggin, Okanagan!], Whiskey Tasting Society St. Patrick's Day event. Chloë dropped us off and Karen Gillis, winemaker at Red Rooster, was just going in. She and Chloë were at Byng together! We enjoyed a marvellous lineup of Irish Whiskey as well as a number of single malts. Redbreast was the most expensive at $316.35. Wyatt, a wheated whiskey, is made by Legend Distillery in Naramata. Friend, Pamela Webster, gave us a bottle before Christmas, shortly after it was released. She works, part-time in the tasting room. Thank you, my dear friends. Al

Hi Dan Judas, [also known as Game Dame Judith!], Kevin and Colin! Thank you very much for the wonderful tasting an delicious meal. It was a pleasure to meet Sarah, Sean and see Simon and Neil again. I know that many of my friends we'll be extremely jealous when I show them the fabulous, fabulous, rare whiskeys we tasted.

On another matter, Game Judith you are more than welcome to join us at bridge this evening anytime after 6:30 pm at our place. You can begin your apprenticeship by arranging and holding my cards and then proceed, quite quickly, bidding Grand Slams on your own! Thanks again. Fund Estos from Lady Darjeeling and Cheers but the seal Patrick
OK, I don't think that I remember very much. Is that still OK. Judi Hello Lady with Bridget and Ezio also known as Bridge Amnesia! Bridge is just like riding a bicycle. It will all come back the more you play so don't worry just pop along and have fun. Cheers, three Seo, also known as Patrick!

[Time to celebrate. Colin!] Dear Patrick What beautiful music and a magical card! I want my firepit out now. Today is a glorious day--actually feels like spring. I sincerely hope you are mending and that your surgery has gone well. Enjoy a wee Irish Coffee by the fire! We are saving you some Irish whiskey in case you are out our way--not Jamiesons but Egan I believe--very old and smooth. Please take care, Marps! Thanks for the card. Sending you much peace. Agneta Hi Patrick, thank you for the lovely sentiment in your card! Much love Tina and Trevor Thank you for the great card Patrizzio !! Hope you have a super day! JW

Thanks Patrick and right back to you! Hope your shoulder is not too painful but perhaps on this day you can substitute a dram or two of your favourite whiskey for the pain killers!
Take care Lou 


Dear Patrizzio, How true. Thank you for the beautiful card! hugs, Olly Thanks for the lovely card and thoughts! Cheers and Hugs, O Susannah! Happy St Patrick's Day to you both, thank you for the beautiful ecard. A wee bit of green from Carol & Tom  Thank you. Hope your St Paddy's day was fun! Louisa Happy Patrick Day!!! Henryk!

Patrick, Brilliant and to the tune of the Sally gardens. Happy Saint Patrick's day to you both. Getting the boat ready for launching and off to Spain for a few days early next month. Hope all well with you. Henry  Hello Spanish Main, sort of, Privateer! Trust all is shipshape and that you are both well. Pleased you enjoyed the card. Stay well. All the best to you both from Nurse Ratched and Cheers, Patrizzio! Hello Spanish Main, sort of, Privateer! Trust all is shipshape and that you are both well. Must away as I plan to ride my stationary bike and watch Netflix. All the best to you both from Lady Darjeeling to you and Una. Cheers, Patrizzio!

Happy St Patrick's Day!! Hope this brings you the Luck of the Irish🙏🙏❤️😂 Murielle Happy St Pat’s day to you too! Hope you are well and Corinne too!
And may winter end soon!!! ☘️🤗😘 Barbarella! Thank you Patrick. Lovely sentiment! X X Gayle and Derek Hello Cornwall! Trust all goes well with you two. Pleased you enjoyed the card. Looking forward to your visit so let us know your proposed schedule when it is in place. Until then, stay well. All the best to you both from Lady Darjeeling. Cheers, Patrizzio!

DEEPLY appreciate the green and orange draped together on this card. Let's hope that Ireland escapes Brexit without sinking again back into mindless brutal violence. Here's hoping that the spirit of forgiveness and hope spreads across the world. Cactus  Hello Grizzly Peak People! Trust all goes well with you two. Spring is bustin' out all over here! Cheers from Patrizzio, One-armed Bandito!

Thanks for the beautiful card, Patrick -- we're wishing you and Corinne the same, today and every day. May our world grow as open and sharing as your hearts. Best always -- Jack and Jane Hello Jack and Jane! Trust you two are well. Pleased you enjoyed the card. Lady Dar and I were treated to a wonderful tasting at the South Okanagan Whiskey Tasting Society St. Patrick's Day event, with eight fabulous, fabulous, [a number quite rare], whiskies, today. Stay well. All the best to you both from Lady Darjeeling. Cheers, Patrizzio!
 
Happy St Paddy’s Day!! When was your surgery?? Have a speedy recovery!
Cheers!! Maggie
Hi Maggie!
Trust all goes well with you two. How is your new hip progressing? Stay well. All the best to you both from Lady Darjeeling. Cheers, Patrizzio! Young Patrick. It is a beautiful spring day here, and to receive a lovely card from Saint Patrick himself is thick icing on the cake. Thanks so very much. I am still undergoing tests for the dreaded "c", and will fill you in when I get results. All my best to you and your clan.. or as Trump would say Klan.. Cheers.. Bill 

Thank you for the touching reminder of how lucky we all are. Much love to you and the goils :) I hope we can have a visit one of these days. Perhaps a trip to your neck of the woods is in order in 2019! Cheers to you! xoxoxoxox e  Hi Aquitaine! How lovely to hear from you! Trust you are well. We'd love you to visit and you are welcome anytime, it goes without saying. Fondestos from Lady Darjeeling to you, Aquitaine. Cheers, Patrizzio! 

Thank you Patrick, dear friend, and Corinne, for the beautiful, and indeed peaceful card and sincere message. With the terrible killings in New Zealand and a demented president to the South, we can only hope and pray that our world's future will improve over the present. Thinking of you fondly and I will call soon. 💕 Erik  Hi Erika! Lovely to hear from you! Trust you are well. Pleased you enjoyed the card. When are you returning to Summerland? We're desperate to see you and Amy! Fondestos from Lady Darjeeling to you, Erika. Let us know when you will be back in the Okanagan. Cheers, Patrizzio! Pic: Chloë, [driving her company car!], and Karen Gillies.

Needed that today! You are our own "St. Patrick!" Hope all is well! Big hugs to ALL! xoxo, Jane Hi Never-Never!Trust you are well. Pleased you enjoyed the card. When are you returning to the Okanagan? We're desperate to see you! Fondestos from Lady Darjeeling to you, Never-Never. Let us know when you will be back in the Okanagan so we can have the red carpet ready! Cheers, Patrizzio! Pics: Olivia Rose in case Ayn hasn't foisted these and more on everyone at Crown!





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