I wonder how St. Patrick's Day is unfolding on the Emerald Isle. Livestreaming is the offer of the day. The Dropkick Murphys are in the headlines for scheduling a livestream of their concert in the evening of St. Patrick's Day. There will be lots of livestreaming during the next few weeks.
There are websites that still have all the St. Patrick's Day events listed and they seem eerie and even creepy now. This is an interesting time for online announcements - things not updated at all versus things updated by the minute - especially those twitter feeds - you can see the #coronavirusoutbreak posts hereif you want to see just how diverse the posts can be.
As I looked about for the response to St. Patrick's Day without its celebrations, I came upon a picture of Niagara Falls lit up for St. Patrick's Day. What website was this on? On the rte.ie website - that's in Ireland.
So I checked out the official illumination schedule. It shows tonight's as starting at 7:30 and going until 1:00am with the St. Patrick's Day Global Greening - colour green - every hour for 15 minutes. The detailed schedule is at infoniagara.com
There are many countries - 48 last year - that have illuminations for St. Patrick's Day - the emerald London Eye is famous. Will Disneyland still have its illumination despite being closed?
The famous green beer will have to flow at home. One hopes there is some green food dye left over after making the crystal egg geodes yesterday or purchased in preparation of making the crystal egg geodes. I expect there is lots of dye in the grocery store. The shelves are a compelling insight into our fears and responses. No toilet paper, no frozen vegetables, and no pasta or rice. Lots of Atlantic Salmon and other meat, lots of vegetables such as broccoli. Surprise.
Every holiday has its plant, and the shamrock is represented by the showy hybridized Oxalis. It is the first picture in the collage.
