5/8/2016

Weekly Update 5/8/2016

Another boring week, but I'm getting tanner.

I was very very upset a few weeks ago when the hanging baskets at the pool were emptied just as pool season began. Last spring, at my own expense in both time and money, I had placed fake greenery and geraniums in the baskets to add some color. And this spring, someone removed them, and I was told that there had been complaints about the faded red flowers. I was livid! But after my complaints, new plants were hung. It looks so much better!

empty baskets

this is better

 

There was a community HOA meeting this week. I was pleased with myself that my blood pressure did not skyrocket, but only raised slightly. I do not like these meetings, but need to go because if I don't, it's a big secret what went on and no minutes are ever distributed to resident/owners. I was going back and forth in my mind for a day about “I should have stood up and said this or that”, but I got over it quickly. I sometimes think it's time for me to move to The Home, to get away from some of this crap, but no place is perfect, and I''m not willing just yet to step into the unknown of The Home. So get over yourself, Wilma. It's only hanging baskets.

Two book club meetings this week. The Library club discussed A Full Life, the memoir by Jimmy Carter. For me, it was nothing new - I have always regarded President Carter as a fine man (a bad leader, but a fine man) so I was not surprised that I enjoyed the book. The MP book club read Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. I enjoyed the conversation and the insights that the others shared about the book. It is the first in a series, and I doubt that I will read more, but I did like the book.

This weekend was the celebration for the 50th birthday of the Historic Savannah Foundation. Seven ladies came together in 1955 to save DH, and a year a later, the Foundation was formed to continue the preservation efforts. There were several events to commemorate the occasion, but I was only able to get to two of them: a ribbon cutting in Columbia Square (I didn't quite get what that was about since Columbia Square has been there since 1791, so it's not an opening, but whatever) and a block party on Saturday on Broughton Street. A block of the street, which is the main downtown shopping street, was closed off for information booths, a beer tent, live music, etc. 

ribbon cutting in Columbia Square

block party on Broughton St

 

But, before I could go to the block party, I attended the second annual Derby Day lunch bunch gathering at The 90. Jim, the chef, outdid himself with wonderful treats, including the traditional burgoo, which was delicious. But the favorite was the bourbon bread pudding - OMG! It was a lot of fun because we all tried to find a wonderful hat to wear. I found one at the Goodwill store (and I took it back there as a donation as soon as the lunch was over), others found amazing chapeaux, and some even fashioned their own. this is a tradition now, so I'm already on the look out for next year's bonnet. 

Judith, me and Kay

Chef Jim, with his amazing buffet