Marveling this morning at the Moving Forward of Life.
Recently, step-grandson Jack meticulously planned out a surprise marriage proposal and follow-up surprise engagement party for his beautiful long-time girlfriend Tori.
She said “Yes!”
(What on earth would he have done with all that food if she had said “No!”?)
The party was a blast at Savannah’s Isle of Hope Marina.
Tori told Robert and me that her engagement ring actually belonged to her grandmother, then to her mother.
Photos, of course.
Marveling this morning, as we remember …
OVER ALL OUR COMPLEX COUNTRY,
OVER ALL OUR NATION SPREAD
IS A BAND OF NOBLE HEROES,
IS OUR ARMY OF THE DEAD.
— WILL CARLETON
Marveling today!
Do you ever go on a walk for the sole purpose of “marveling”?
I do.
And I love doing so in Historic District Savannah where I live.
Sunday evening walk.
What I have learned is that I have to actively look for marvels, attend to them, or I simply walk right by.
Marveling again this Monday morning.
Remembering my fried okra the other night.
(I’m quite aware that some folks would put this in the “moaning” not “marveling” category.)
Marveling this Monday.
Robert and I spent a delightful couple of hours in a fascinating new exhibition at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art over the weekend. We like to go to a museum or gallery and enjoy/examine only one or two exhibits each visit.
This time:
In a 1949 interview, sculptor Isamu Noguchi declared “I am not a designer.” Yet, in the forty years following this denial, he went on to realize some of the most innovative designs of the twentieth century, including architecture, furniture, lighting, stage sets, gardens, playgrounds, and plazas. Even when Noguchi or critics acknowledged these design projects, it was as separate from his celebrated sculptures.
This exhibition explores Noguchi’s expansive and career-spanning engagement with the space-shaping possibilities of design. high.org
I found some of the folks at the exhibit almost as fascinating as the art itself.
Coincidentally, Noguchi designed the playground at Atlanta’s Piedmont Park across the street from our Airbnb.
Art is Fun and …
This morn, I’m marveling and remembering.
Strolling along Savannah’s Waters Avenue over the weekend, Robert and I came upon a row of past-their-prime storefronts.
I had to pause at one and admire its encouraging and exhorting graffiti.
I hope you have someone—or many ones—to say this to.
I’m still Marveling this Morning at Saturday’s incredible turnout of the very patriotic No Kings Day! protest marches across our beloved nation, and indeed the world.
Marveling this morning at … a refrigerator!
A very cool and quirky frig in our favorite Airbnb in Macon GA over the weekend.
Marveling this Monday at late winter’s sparse beauty here in South Georgia.
I truly believe that if we look for beauty, we will see it.
NealEnJoy 