St. Patrick’s Day – Wandering Dawgs

Celebrating Irish Heritage in Savannah and Tybee Island

March 15, 2024Posted in Celebration, PhotographyTagged Barabbas and the Tribe, green, junkanoo, Parade, Savannah St. Patricks Day Parade, St. Patrick's Day, Sunday Stills, Tybee Irish Festival Heritage20 Comments

The history of the Savannah St. Patrick’s Day parade can be traced back to 1824. This year the parade organizers are expecting an even bigger crowd than usual with the parade celebrating it’s 200th anniversary. The festivities begin well before the March 17 parade each year. Today, the Savannah parade is one of the largest in the world. Marching in the parade will be groups of families, Irish societies, floats, marching bands, pipe and drum bands, military units, and even the Budweiser Clydesdales.

People start wearing their green in early March. Green is every where you look around Savannah. The header image features the Forsyth Fountain dyed green. There will be green beer, green grits, even beards and dogs dyed green.

It’s been several years since we’ve gone to the Savannah parade. We always enjoy the festivities on nearby Tybee Island. The Tybee Island Irish Heritage usually has a parade on the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day. Sadly, the parade was cancelled this year because the area was under a tornado watch.

This college includes highlights from past Tybee parades.

One of the highlights of the week is the Bahamian Junkanoo group Barabbas and the Tribe who create special costumes for the week and march in the both the Savannah and Tybee parades playing their Junkanoo music. They also perform at the Crab Shack on Tybee Island every night before the Savannah Parade.

This year’s Tybee celebration began on Friday night, March 8 with a Junkanoo parade through the Crab Shack on Tybee Island. On Saturday they will march in the 200th Savannah St. Patrick’s Day parade.

There was more green fun Tuesday night when Pipe and Drum bands from Savannah and Limerick, Ireland got together to practice on the Tybee Island Pier and Pavilion.

On Saturday, March 16, 2024 the streets of Savannah will be filled with thousands of spectators dressed in green as the 200th edition of the Savannah St. Patrick’s Day takes place.

Luck of the Irish to you!

Shared with Terri’s Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Saving Daylight with Green

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #290 – Circular Wonders

March 13, 2024Posted in PhotographyTagged Caribbean Cruise, Circular Wonders, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, Pipes and Drums, St. Patrick's Day35 Comments

Our challenge from Anne-Christine is to feature circular wonders by showing circles and half circles.

In my opening photo above the most circular wonder of all is the sun at sunset. The following two images are from our February Caribbean cruise.

Round portholes on a sailing vessel in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Tybee Pier and Pavillion was a great place to listen to Irish music performed by Pipes and Drums Bands from Savannah and Limerick, Ireland as Savannah gets ready for it’s 200th St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday. The following gallery includes a few circular wonders.

Many thanks to our host Ann-Christine for the challenge Lens-Artists #290 – Circular Wonders

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #190- Close and Closer

March 18, 2022Posted in PhotographyTagged Celtic Cross, Lens-Artists, Odds and Ends, Photo Challenge, Savannah, St. Patrick's Day5 Comments

For this challenge Patti has asked us to get closer to our subject. We can get closer by moving our feet, using a zoom or macro lens, or cropping.

In honor of yesterday’s 198th Savannah St. Patrick’s Day celebration, the first one since 2019, I’m featuring the Celtic Cross in Savannah, Georgia for this challenge. The header image is the original photo. The next three images show the image cropped in three ways to show details of the different parts of the cross.

Many thanks to Patti for the challenge Lens’Artists #190: Close and Closer

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #189 – Odds and Ends

March 12, 2022Posted in PhotographyTagged Forsyth Park Fountain, Key West, Lens-Artists, Odds and Ends, Photo Challenge, Savannah, St. Patrick's Day15 Comments

Our challenge from Tina is to show images that never quite fit into a challenge category. I came up with a few images from my archives. The header image is from the Key West Cemetery.

In Savannah, when the azaleas are blooming and the Fountain in Forsyth Park turns green you know St. Patrick’s Day is almost here. These images were taken a few years ago.

Athens, Georgia is the home of the University of Georgia. It is also home to two interesting sights unique to Athens. A double barrelled cannon, the only one known of its kind, stands in front of City Hall. The Tree that Owns Itself grows in the middle of a quiet neighborhood.