3/24/2013

weekly update 3/24/2013

This was an extraordinarily busy week for me. 

It began with Ishy's visit.  I forced her into working for me on Monday because I had invited a few friends over to visit with here again.  I made her bake cookies and shop for snack food.  Because I have such a small place, I thought just drinks & appetizers would be better than trying to have a meal.  And it worked!  On Tuesday, we visited a few places in Savannah that Ishy had not been to before: Massie School, an art gallery, Wormsloe Plantation site.  And one place we had been to before: Leopold's Ice Cream Parlor.  And on Wednesday, we really just hung around the condo until time to go to the airport.  During Ishy's visit, I got her hooked on Call the Midwife, so I hope they're going to be showing season 2 on the PBS channel in Rochester next season. 

Ishy viewing the model of the historic district of Savannah at Massie School

Thursday I rested some, and did some laundry, and generally reverted to my solitude.

Friday, I had promised Donna that I would be a docent at the annual Tour of Homes fundraiser.  There are several of these throughout the year in Savannah, but this is the largest.  I stood in a bedroom of a small, but amazing, townhouse that was built in 1875 in the historic district and told visitors about some of the items in the room.  It was so crowded, and the upstairs was so small, (the entire home is only 1200 sq ft) that it was getting clogged and i was getting nervous.  But, we did what we could, and I think it was a success.  After that, the Savannah chapter of the Victorian Society, of which I am a member, had a tour of a huge Victorian home that is under renovation by SCAD students.  There was wine & cheese, and we were able to wander around the house (WAY more than 1200 sq ft) to see what the students were working on.  Levels of wall paint were being uncovered, fireplace mantles researched, stained glass windows cleaned.  It was wonderful.  And, after that, we went to 17 Hundred 90, a local restaurant, for dinner.  We were more tired than hungry, so it was nice to sit and share a hamburg. 





inside the house on the tour where I was stationed



Hardin House, a 1893 Victorian that SCAD students are renovating

The Tour of Homes continued on Saturday.  One of the tours was a walking tour of Bonaventure Cemetery, with actors in costumes pretending to be some of the historic figures buried there.  I've done this before, and wasn't needed for this tour, so Donna & I drove to the cemetery to see some of my "friends".  Luckily, we were there before the rains began, and we were gone before the first drops fell; I don't think they characters were as lucky as we were and probably had to tell their stories in the downpour.  Because we had been docents at a home on Friday, Donna & I had tickets to go on another tour on Saturday.  We visited some lovely townhouses in the historic district.  One of the houses was one Jan & i had visited when she was in town for the book fest last month, and the carpenter working on the home allowed us to go in and snoop around.  It looked very different now that it's furnished and completely renovated.  The homes were all lovely, which goes to show what you can do when you have a LOT of money and can surround yourself with lovely things.  It rained during the afternoon, i I don't think I would have allowed hundred of people with wet and muddy shoes traipse through my hour for a charitable events, but they never approached me to show off my condo, so I think I'm safe from being asked to do that.  We were scheduled to meet the Ladies Dining Out group at a downtown restaurant for dinner that n-evening, so instead of driving back o the condo, Donna & i went to the lobby of the Mulberry Inn to relax, try to dry off a bit, and listen to wonderful piano player Dave Duckworth.  Dinner at the Cha Bella restaurant was delightful, and almost all the group was there.  It's been several months since we've had so many together so it was especially nice.   

a Bonaventure Historical Society member acting as Conrad Aiken

magnificent azaleas in the cemetery

 

 

When I woke up Sunday morning, there were 15 spam messages in my inbox in my Comcast account, which I haven't been using for almost a year.  15!  I contacted them and found out how to remove my name from the list, and I did that immediately, but I still received 10 more during the day.  I think Comcast must have recently sold my address to a list of weight loss / home improvement / singles meeting place / drug company advertisers.  But I really do not like this.  of course, i don't like almost anything Comcast does.  I will have to delete the account, but I hesitate in case there ever is an email I would like to see there.  I always use my yahoo account, but I'm getting a little disgruntled with them, too.  It seems that there's always some "improvement" or "update" that they are proud of, when I would rather see them devote time to eliminating hackers and unwanted spam messages. 

 

Sunday I was at the Bonaventure desk in the morning.  There was a tremendous thunderstorm that rushed through in the morning, and the skies were dark as the rain really pummeled down & lightning flashed.  That was too bad, because the flowers are wonderful right now, but no one would want to walk in the the downpour to see them.  It let up and the sun came out in the afternoon, but by that time, I was napping on my sofa. 

 

I'm still not getting how to put photos in this blog.  I'm having a rough time getting them where I want them easily.  I think I do all right, but it takes forever.  There's got to be an easier way.  It's not easy being a 1950's kind of person in the 21st century!