"May ya live as long as ya want, and not want as long as ya live" is an Irish toast.
"Bread, cinnamon, eggs and maple syrup" is a French toast.
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I love our little shamrocks year-round. They are the one houseplant we keep because they can be tucked into deep window spaces. They grow fairly easily, too. We have kept some throughout various moves. I have discovered some things in raising them for a while. These plants that we call "shamrocks" are "Oxalis." These types we commonly plant keep in the US are found in Central & south America and Africa. There is a smaller variety, with yellow flowers, in Ireland (and the UK), known as wood sorrel. This is the "true shamrock." Sorrel grows wild in the US, also.
The first "Oxalis" we got were abandoned in a house we moved into. The internet was less of a part of our lives then, so I had to learn "on my feet." These plants grow from rhizomes, which are not quite bults but similar. They like a real "dousing" about once a week and like sun. These in the photo are looking a little "peaked" because they had to be cycled out of their usual spot short-term. There are other shamrock pictures on both my blogs, and our family is frequently treated to their graceful, white bellflowers.
