Wild Mountain Thyme - for Harp

 

This is a folk song that I have loved all my life, inspired by Judy Collins' rendition. I've arranged "Wild Mountain Thyme" for harp, and the pictures are a celebration of Ireland's mountains and of wildflowers in the spring.  It's about a minute and a half.

Pictures in Video -

1 - Macgillicuddy's Reeks, oil painting/postcard, Killarney, 1903
2 - Upper Lake Above Gap of Dunloe, oil painting/postcard, Killarney, 1903
3 - Near Dinis Island, oil painting/postcard, Killarney, 1903
4 - Eagle's Nest, oil painting/postcard, Killarney, 1903
5-11 Wild Flowers and Where They Grow, book illustrations by Lizbeth Bullock Humphrey, Boston, 1882
12 - Upper Lake, oil painting/postcard, Glendalough, 1903
13 - Serpent Lake, Gap of Dunloe, oil painting/postcard, Killarney, 1903
14 - Glendalough, oil painting/postcard, 1903
15 - Dublin, watercolor by Stephen Lucius Gwynn, 1915
16 - Picking Wildflowers, watercolor by Rhoda Holmes Nicholls, US, 1900
17 - Wild Thyme, book illustration by Anne Pratt, US, 1857
18 - St. Patrick's Day Greetings, oil painting/postcard, Glendalough, 1903

The Loopy Leprechaun Hat

 

This is a St. Patrick's Day variation on my free Elfitude pattern--a crocheted Dr. Seuss-style elf hat. I think it makes a great leprechaun hat in green.

This hat is made according to the pattern instructions, except the top point is tied onto the body of the hat a bit lower than the original Elfitude hat in red.

Have a blast on St. Pat's!