St. Patrick's Day

[abbydarling]

Wow. St. Patrick's Day is a big deal here. There is a parade. And the river is green. And lots of people came down from Minnesota (which is very Irish, apparently).

So. Happy St. Patrick's Day.

And (more importantly), happy birthday to princesscarrotToday has been an awesome day so far. I have spent most of it on the couch with Ava catching up on my DVR and

Comments

[leitninbug]

hmm... how do they turn the river green?

[abbydarling]

According to wikipedia: "Every year on St. Patrick's Day, the river is dyed green. The Pipefitters Union uses fluorescein dye which can also be used to study moving water. While in 1962, 100 pounds (45 kg) of dye were used, more recently the amount has been decreased to about 40 pounds (18 kg)."