Here is our St. Paddy's tribute, another seasonal tree for free! It's a living Norfolk pine with white lights strung up and down the sturdy trunk. A shamrock scarf tied in a bow is the tree topper. Add gold and green balls along with light and dark green hand drawn and cut construction paper shamrocks, just balanced on the branches. Beneath the tree is a black plastic pot filled with necklaces we've collected over the years from our annual Shrimp Festival in May. (Well, except for Covid cancellation last year and this.) Add an oxalis/shamrock plant and a Halloween top hat with a big green bow and you have a fun tree that will cheer the Irish in everybody! Decorate your own real or artificial plant or tree with green. The whole idea is not to have to spend any extra money, a thing rarely done. Enjoy! -jmm
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Goodbye Lie Diaries
(Through the magic of electronics, mental telepathy and a smidge of time travel, Jane Marie is able to communicate with her clan of characters from her The Goodbye Lie series. The result is The Goodbye Lie Diaries, scattered throughout this blog.)
Fernandina on Amelia Island
Late 1800s
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| Michael Dunnigan |
Patriarch *Michael Dunnigan writes: As Peeper says, "Boy howdy!" Your green tree is truly an honor for my family. I humbly thank you. I would relish a tree like this in our parlor. Since the ladies are far more handy at such things than I, perhaps a gentle prodding will result in one of our own. To be factual, prodding will not be needed once they see this beauty. I predict my wife, Miss Ella, will make a party of it and involve our littles, who are not as little today as they were yesterday. Youth is far too fleeting for me. Then again, look at my babies, Breelan, Carolena, Marie and Jack Patrick and what joy they bring us as they journey into adulthood. I correct myself and add mostly joy. They do keep their parents' lives eventful, but we shan't speak of such at this time. Instead, I thank you for this Irish delight! Most sincerely, M. Dunnigan
*Michael,
featured player in The Goodbye Lie series, heads the Dunnigan household in the
late 1800s in Fernandina on Amelia Island, Florida. In reality, he just
thinks he does. His wife, Miss Ella, pretty much runs his life, in a
sweet, and most helpful manner, of course. The number one characteristic about
Michael is that he adores his family even when his patience is stretched to
exploding as his adult children discover their unpredictable futures.
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