Posted in Savannah Joy

First Day of Spring in Savannah

I don’t know what it’s like in your stretch of the woods on this First Day of Spring 2025, but Savannah is …

Bursting into Bloom.

Azaleas at Savannah Botanical Gardens

Dogwood around the corner from us.

And a Galleria of Azaleas we just saw on our First-Day-of-Spring Morning Walk …

Red Tip Photinias dazzling in the morning sunshine …

And a Miscellany of Marvelous, also on our Morning Walk …

Our sweet little Green Japanese Maple coming back to life …

Happy, Happy First Day of Spring, whatever you see today.

Posted in My Saturday Evening Post

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.”

AI OVERVIEW

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.

Posted in Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling?

Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 2/10/25

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

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.