Robert was feeling a little blue today, so I bought him a new cat
It dd the trick.
And that’s my Saturday Evening Post.
My Saturday Evening Post: 5/31/25 “A New Cat”
Category: My Saturday Evening Post
My Saturday Evening Post: 4/12/25 “Night Light Life”
Robert and I were walking through Telfair Square here in Savannah last night after dinner. The statue-laden Telfair Academy (the first public art museum in the South, 1888) shone incandescently, perhaps a bit eerily, exuding both pride and remorse in our city’s problematic past.
I paused and gazed up into the heavy, meandering limbs of the ancient Live Oak trees, limbs laden with both desiccated (for now) resurrection fern and new, brilliant green spring leaves.
Death and life together.
The street light could not illuminate all their crevices.
“Some of these trees have to be older than the academy itself,” I thought, as we walked out of the past. “If only trees could talk!”
A light breeze kneaded the old and the new together, causing an audible whispering in the leaves.
And that’s my Saturday Evening Post.
My Saturday Evening Post: 3/29/25 “I Get Knocked Down”
Walking into The Fresh Market the other day, the first thing that greeted me was this, uh, spring display with, uh, colorful hyacinths.
Goodness!
Poor things.
I tried, but nothing I could say would cheer them UP.
I finally succeeded with this lively little ditty …
And that is my Saturday Evening Post.
My Saturday Evening Post: 3/8/25 “Gee, What an Airbnb!”
As I mentioned in Friday’s post, Robert and I drove up to Macon, GA, a couple of hours north of Savannah, and checked into a very cool and quirky Airbnb.
The purpose of our trip was to pick up our prizes for participating in the 2024 Georgia Farm Passport program.
Passport: https://search.app/9k7FNoMwS8SUNt2NA
But back to a few interesting features of our Airbnb.
First, look at its frig!
Guests leave notes about their stay.
And when you walk into the living room, you see this:
A simple set of stairs.
Or are they?
And I loved the old trees with Spanish moss in front of the Southern mansion (which had been divided into units for apartments and Airbnb rentals).
I found a description of the trees taped on one of the living room walls:
“The elegant specimen trees out front are Deodar Cedars. Deodar derives from Sanskrit that translates to “timber of the gods.” The tree is native to the Himalayas, where it has been known to reach 250′ tall. It was introduced to Europe in 1822 and to the United States nine years later. This tree is sacred in Hinduism. It produces rose-shaped cones and aromatic oil that naturally deters insects.”
I gathered some of the cones. They really do look like brown roses.
So much more fun than a Holiday Inn Express.
And that’s my Saturday Evening Post.
My Saturday Evening Post: 3/1/25 “The Most Glorious”
After Robert and I walked through the incredibly vibrant Forsyth Farmers Market in downtown Savannah this morning …
… we stumbled upon the Most Glorious White Camellia.
At first, she was leaning her head slightly in the dappled morning sunlight.
But when she sensed me staring, she perked up, a beautiful sunlit princess.
My Saturday Evening Post: 2/22/25 “Berry Good”
Yesterday in my Five Friday Happy Bringers, I mentioned the delicious joy that can be found in simple food.
And these days, with the turmoil going on in our nation, I need bits of joy wherever they can be found.
Easy breakfast. Costco Apple Danish.
Okay, maybe HR sliced some fresh strawberries on top of the apples.
Thick-cut bacon with freshly ground black pepper and a dash of cayenne.
LOVE-ly morning.
My Saturday Evening Post: 2/15/25 “Mercurial Time”
Robert and I drove down to Jacksonville, Florida recently to pick up our new Series 10 Apple Watches. We were long overdue for upgrades. I had the old Series 4 watch, while Robert had the 6.
I’m still not sure I’m smart enough to understand “smart” watches. I remember a watch being this little device you put on your wrist to tell you the time of day. But, oh no, how yesteryear foolish that belief is! The current time is at the very bottom of the hierarchy of smart watch “capabilities.”
Wait. I can ovulate? I didn’t know that!
After we got our little computers attached to our wrists, HR and I headed over to The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens near Jacksonville’s Five Points neighborhood to sit a while in the sunshine by the St. John’s River and look cool and … timely.
Frustrated that no one was commenting on my coolness, I started walking around the gardens.
When, lo and behold, I suddenly came face to face with … Mercury!
Do you remember Mercury from your little bit of mythology in school? If not, here’s a brief review.
“Mercury was the Roman god of commerce, messengers, eloquence, travelers, and trickery. In the Roman polytheistic religion of many deities, Mercury was one of the most important. He even earned a rank amongst the Dii Consentes, the 12 most important gods and goddesses in Rome.” Study.com
I was pretty impressed with his resume, BUTT …
…he made no comment about my Apple Watch coolness, so I wasted no time and moved on.
My Saturday Evening Post: 2/1/25 “Expresso Cat. Fox?”
So tonight, I made Espresso Martinis for Robert and me.
I settled on the couch, and kitty cat Benny jumped into my lap.
Okay, “Rest little one.”
But then, lo and behold, a FOX jumped into my (beautiful) martini glass …
We talked a while.
Then somehow, he disappeared.
And that’s my Saturday Evening Post.
My Saturday Evening Post: 1/18/25 “Color!”
A colorfully lovely new exhibit at our favorite art museum here in Savannah, The Jepsen Center.
Continually changing colors and configurations.
(As we all are.)
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