Weekly Update 9/30/2018
It was a week of interesting lectures.
At TLC, I attended the second of three talks about Sea Turtles.
These are given by Kris Williams, who I remembered (and amazingly,
she remembers me, too) from turtle “camp” in 2011. She is very
knowledgeable and articulate, and I’m fascinated by all the
turtles, but especially the loggerheads, that nest in Georgia.
On Thursday, I met Kay at the Jepson
for a lecture to accompany the exhibit that is opening. It is Monet
to Matisse, a collection of impressionist paintings on loan from the
Dixon Gallery in Tennessee. We were early enough to be able to walk
through the exhibit before the lecture. There were paintings by
Degas, Cezanne, Renoir, Seurat, Cassatt, Chagall and, of course,
Monet and Matisse, and others. The speaker gave a wonderful history
of the movement, and how it developed.
On Friday, I went to City Hall before
DH to hear one of my favorite speakers, City Archivist Luciana
Spracher, give a talk on Savannah architect Hyman Wallace Witcover.
He was one of the architects who designed the current City hall
building, and did may other public and private buildings in Savannah.
Neighbors John and Dave returned to
Savannah this week. Now, our little development has witnessed the
return of almost all of the snowbirds. I had been asked to keep an
eye on things for them while they were in Connecticut. I failed
miserably, I killed their orchids, their car died, and I failed to
pick up a package from their front door. Oh well, maybe next year
they’ll ask someone more reliable.
Saturday morning I went to the Walk to
End Alzheimer’s. The forecast was for rain, but the storms didn’t
come until later in the afternoon. It was just hot and muggy. I’d
forgotten how much I hate to walk. It was only two miles (but add to
that the walking I had to do to be able to park in the free zone),
but I was beat!
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| you know how much i enjoyed all the dogs |
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| someday someone will have to walk for me |
That bottom photo of you is great! I wish I'd been there this week to see the Monet to Matisse exhibit - but I read in your blog that the paintings are on loan from the Dixon. Fred and I loved our visit to the Dixon last summer so we probably saw at least some of those that are now at the Jepson.
ReplyDeleteLast dr appt for Fred for awhile is Thursday. We hope to leave with the RV on Sat 10/6 for central MS; then to Eureka Springs, AR; then to DFW area; then maybe San Angelo,TX; finally to Big Bend National PArk the end of Oct - back to AL about 11/9.
Nice week! Jepson exhibition sounds great. The photo of you is so good! Love ya and see you soon. x
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