Tag: Nature

Posted in Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling?

Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 2/10/25

Posted on by Neal Saye

Marveling this morning, remembering our beautiful visit to the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, FL last Friday.

It is one of our favorite art museums anywhere, but this time, because the weather was so beautiful, we decided to simply hang out in the gardens.

Pink camellias

Robert and a BIG oak tree …

Me, pausing by a reflection pool …

HR too …

See him?

Roses in February.

The gardens make up the “backyard” of the museum, along the mighty St. John’s River, with downtown in the distance.

MARVELOUS!

I think it’s important, perhaps now more than ever, that we finds things that cause us to pause and marvel.

Posted in Joy, Humor

Left Behind

Posted on by Neal Saye

It’s hard to believe that a week ago Savannah was COVERED in snow and ice.

Quite the rarity.

But it’s 70° now, and I just finished a delightful afternoon walk.

But as I was traversing a particularly shady area, LO AND BEHOLD, look what I saw!

A gigantic Snow Frog leaping from the Monkey Grass onto the sidewalk directly in front of me.

I started to question his pedestrian sensibilities, but then decided against it.

I wanted to give him a little more precious time to get to wherever he was going.

Posted in Beautiful Savannah

Winter Morning Stroll

Posted on by Neal Saye

Winter’s Chill here in Savannah (28 the other night — COLD FOR US!) can’t hold back downtown’s blooming colors.

Columbia Square

Winter azaleas

Reynolds Square

And the delightful winter yellow blooms of the Tractor Seat plant (Farfugium japonicum)

And don’t forget the camellias.

Robert, look what I found on the ground!

May you find pretty sometime today.

Posted in Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling?

Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 12/30/24 “Big Foot”

Posted on by Neal Saye

Marveling this Monday Morning at … life.

Robert and I are up in Baltimore for his dear Aunt Pat’s funeral.

We are staying at a lovely old Airbnb in the Fells Point community at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor (our favorite area of the city).

On a walk yesterday afternoon, Mother Nature reminded me of her incredible strength and resiliency.

Surrounded by all of man’s “built-ness,” one of her daughters stands strong …

… her foot firmly planted in the ground.

Alive.

Posted in My Saturday Evening Post

Tractor Seat!

Posted on by Neal Saye

As I walked through Warren Square here in Savannah this morning, these striking yellow blooms stopped me with their glorious December beauty.

“Farfugium japonicum is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteracee, also known as leopard plant, green leopard plant or tractor seat plant.” Wikipedia

Their big green leaves actually do look a bit like tractor seats!

Posted in Beautiful Savannah

Seriously? Seriously!

Posted on by Neal Saye

So early this evening, Robert and I went for a walk along the Savannah River a few blocks from our place.

There’s a fairly new development along this evening’s trek, “Eastern Wharf” …

Eastern Wharf is the lower right quadrant of this photo.

Their advertising is obviously meant for “non-early-evening casual walkers” …

Seriously?

The only thing I saw that was worth $3 Mil to $9 Mil was the Stunning Sunset …

Seriously!

May you have a joyful million dollar view soon.