Be'gosh and be'gorrah, it is already time for another greening of the Indianapolis Canal!
We headed to the Indiana Historical Society to see what the Hoosier Lottery had done with the event this year!
The event was held outside, right on the canal, due to the fantastic weather!
They stayed with the new tradition of greening the canal in the late afternoon.
This year's weather and time slot brought in the biggest crowd we have ever seen!
They even ran out of SWAG!
Since space was so limited, we found a spot on the bridge overloong the canal.
We were surprised to see that even the opposite side of the canal was full of onlookers!
The Gordon Pipers began the program as usual and donned the sparkly green hats of the day!
After the announcing of the Irish Citizen of the Year, we were ready to hear Eunan McIntyre!
He played all our favorites, including Galway Girl!
Then it was time for the greening!
Everyone looked on with anticipation as the fountain ran from clear to light green!
The dye is pumped in through different areas in addition to the hand poured dye.
It looked just like a beautiful, swirling bit of Oz to us this year!
The sunshine brought out the varied colors of green and made us feel truly blessed to be Irish!
Then the pipers made their way through the crowd sending shivers through us with their beautiful piping and drums!
We stopped in for a bite at Lockerbie Pub after the greening.
Neither of us had ever been to this spot before, but the beautiful sign and festive decorations beckoned us!
Although it wasn't quite the atmosphere we had hoped for, a spot of cider and some sandwiches later we were happy with the day!
We were ready for St. Patrick's Day!
Great twin night!
