Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!

[WoodNCanvas]

Happy St.Patrick's Day!!!! When everyone....and maybe everything....is green....even our canoes....

A paddling version of an Irish blessing:

May your canoe upon the water simply glide
May your favourite paddle always be at your side
May your portages always be short, and your trips always long
May you always keep the open end up, and the pointed end forward, and you’ll never go wrong.​

 

[Greg Nolan]

Very nice -- but you might have retained one of the lines of the original, for it surely is to be wished for when paddling --

"May the wind be always at your back"

Erin go bragh!

Greg

 

[WoodNCanvas]

Well there is also:

Paddle Your Own Canoe

I’ve traveled about a bit in my time,

And troubles I’ve seen a few.

And found it better in ev’ry clime

To paddle my own canoe;

My wants are small I care not at all.

If my debts are paied when due.

I drive away strife, in the ocean of life

While I paddle my own canoe.

If a hurricane rise in mid’day sky

And the sun is lost to view

Move steadily by, with a steadfast eye

And paddle your own canoe.

Fields of daisies that grew in bright green

And blooming so sweet for you

So never sit down, with a tear or a frown

But paddle your own canoe. – Irish ballad, circa 1840, published in Jane Benedickson’s Idleness, Water and a Canoe

OR:

May your portages be short and the breezes gentle on your back. - Anonymous

 

[Kathryn Klos]

And let us not forget a fav St Paddy's day tune... and a great rendition...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU

 

[john hupfield]

I painted my boat green in commemoration.
May 1st I'm painting it Red.
John

 

[pklonowski]

Then in October, you can paint it orange...

 

[WoodNCanvas]

And let us not forget a fav St Paddy's day tune... and a great rendition...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU

Love the Muppets....


And John and Paul: aren't all wood canoes more 'green' than any other canoes?

 

[john hupfield]

I;m going with Paul. I'm even going to rename my canoe Pumpkin, probably not carve a face on it though and take it door to door collecting treats.
John

 

[WoodNCanvas]

John, I like the idea of a bright orange canoe....with a black coloured bottom....or just a black stripe....

 

[pklonowski]

I was joking!

Actually, my 1946 Otca was originally orange... though I think I won't paint it orange, if I ever get it done...

Maybe burnt orange, but more likely some other color. Maybe something unusual for Old Towns, like dark green...

 

[WoodNCanvas]

Paul, Maybe this is what we should be thinking LOL LOL:

From Wilipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_Great_Pumpkin,_Charlie_Brown: Title card from 1966 TV special It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

 

[pklonowski]

There we go! After it gets painted orange, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" gets painted along the gunnels!

 

[john hupfield]

Don't tell me you were joking! Now I've got all this Orange paint....
Green is good. burnt..less so.
John

 

[pklonowski]

Too funny!

 

[WoodNCanvas]

John & Paul you guys are too much LOL LOL....

 

[Benson Gray]

Now I've got all this Orange paint....

The Tiger pattern at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/tiger.gif is another good use for orange paint.

Benson

 

[WoodNCanvas]

Cool Benson....I love the tiger stripe look....

 

[john hupfield]

Delightful. Thankyou Benson.
I liked the reference to the "costumes which every canoeist delights to array in".
Gives new meaning to "You can't change the Tigers Stripes"
Learn something new everyday.
Sure beats the Armadillo pattern I saw on the French.
John

 

[pklonowski]

HHHhhmmmmmmmm.....