A whole day at home.   No visitors.   We slept until 8AM.   That was a pleasure in itself.   Dick had to get up once during the night but it still turned out to be a great night's sleep for both of us.

We had a very light breakfast as we got up so late.   It is just that it takes at least an hour to get us READY to eat.  Then, for lunch we had meatloaf with mashed potatoes, carrots for Dick and rutabaga mixed in with the mashed potatoes for me. 

I spent the morning getting emails caught up again.   Lots for CWI.    I also found out that March 1 is St. David's Day.  St. David is the patron saint of Wales.   So now we know three of the Celtic nations patron saints.   I wonder if the other four have them too.   I will let you know and tell you about St. David at the end of this email.

I took pictures of our Roxie sprawled out in front of the fireplace.   I will send a copy of that from Picasa later too.  

Richard and Brenda called this afternoon.   Their trip to Florida was everything they had hoped for.   The pictures show that.   They like Florida a lot.

We got a lovely thank you note from Nora and Ernie for the shower gift.    Nora also has let me know that Leslie is now out there to help after little Marcus comes to join us.

So that is all the excitement I have.   Hope your day was as gentle.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

Saint David's Day (Welsh: Dydd Gŵyl Dewi) is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March each year. The date of 1 March was chosen in remembrance of the death of Saint David. Tradition holds that he died on that day in 589.[1] The date was declared a national day of celebration within Wales in the 18th century.

Children in Wales take part in school concerts or eisteddfodau, with recitation and singing being the main activities. Formerly, a half-day holiday was afforded to school children. Officially this custom does not continue, although the practice can vary on a school-to-school basis.
Many Welsh people wear one or both of the national emblems of Wales on their lapel to celebrate St. David: the daffodil (a generic Welsh symbol which is in season during March) or the leek (Saint David's personal symbol) on this day. The leek arises from an occasion when a troop of Welsh were able to distinguish each other from a troop of English enemy dressed in similar fashion by wearing leeks.[13] The association between leeks and daffodils is strengthened by the fact that they have similar names in Welsh, Cenhinen (leek) and Cenhinen Pedr (daffodil, literally "Peter's leek"). Younger girls sometimes wear traditional Welsh costumes to school. This costume consists of a long woollen skirt, white blouse, woollen shawl and a Welsh hat.

Crawl, a traditional soup, is often prepared and served.