Happy st. patty’s day folks.. the day that everyone is irish..

One cool thing today was freind Chris’s Leprechaun.. to be burned tonight. Chris makes these things out of wood scrap , bark and pyrotechnics (that’s where I help).. Chris made this guy all by himself using hemlock boughs to bring out the ‘wearin o’ the green’ .. He’s made of old fencing and lath and is stuffed full of birch bark and pyrodex..

 

Here’s the drawing he used as inspiration.. pretty amazing.. no ?

After seeing chris, Homer came ofver and we woked on our latest BIG project.. we made great progress today.. more on that as it evolves..
We couldn’t be at the burn tonight because we’d gotten tickets to see freind Jack (on the left)  and Zev (on the right) dancing in an Urban Dance Workshop at Higher Ground.  First we had dinner at Victor and Patti’s .. then we went down to the venue. The production  was a Hip Hop rendition of the musical Chicago.. and it was absolutely amazing ! We saw several kids we knew in there. .. Very. very cool

I was looking at my post for St Paddy’s last year to find a certain picture of Sam wearing his Flogging Molly shirt.. the sign of the irish that was/is  in him.. When I found the post, I realized that last year, i’d looked back to my post in 2008 to find this one picture.. I liked what I’d put there then .. so.. with permission.. I’ll replay it again ..

Here’s what I wrote:

I went back to my post on this day in 2008 to fund this picture of Sam… He was wearing his Flogging Molly shirt.. .. I think it’s the last shirt I saw him wearing.. it’s a great Irish Punk/Folk band that he loved.. Here are two pictures that Sam R took one day..

And here’s a cool version that Sam R made of the same photo

If I ever leave this world alive
by Flogging Molly

If I ever leave this world alive
I’ll thank for all the things you did in my life
If I ever leave this world alive
I’ll come back down and sit beside your
feet tonight
Wherever I am you’ll always be
More than just a memory
If I ever leave this world alive

If I ever leave this world alive
I’ll take on all the sadness
That I left behind
If I ever leave this world alive
The madness that you feel will soon subside
So in a word don’t shed a tear
I’ll be here when it all gets weird
If I ever leave this world alive

So when in doubt just call my name
Just before you go insane
If I ever leave this world
Hey I may never leave this world
But if I ever leave this world alive

She says I’m okay; I’m alright,
Though you have gone from my life
You said that it would,
Now everything should be all right

She says I’m okay; I’m alright,
Though you have gone from my life
You said that it would,
Now everything should be all right
Yeah should be alright

Here’s a recording of it I found on youtube

Happy st patty’s folks..

nite all, nite sam.. missing you
-me