2/25/2024

 

Weekly Update 2/25/2024

Here in Savannah, the magnolia trees are in bloom and the azaleas are just coming out. My allergies are also peaking, which is a bother.

Monday was the holiday. Since Kay didn’t have to work, we met for a walk and then to do some errands. She needed to get some kitty litter at Pet Smart. I had never been in a Pet Smart store, and I hope to never go again. A huge place to spend money on everything you can imagine (and a few things that are beyond imagining) for pets. I’m just not what I’m interested in spending my money that way and don’t really understand people who do.

One book club met this week. It was the Pooler Library group, and we’d all read Bayou Book Thief. It was certainly not great literature, but it was an easy, fun read.

A couple of lectures this week (and aren’t you happy I’m no longer posting photos of them?). Tuesday, The Victorian Society met at the Green Meldrim House and we listened to a talk by the new president of the Society about the enslaved quarters at the Green Meldrim House. It was ok, but I wasn’t totally convinced that John Norris and Charles Green held the people working at the house in high regard just because their rooms were a little larger than in some other properties in the city.

Thursday was a really busy day. I started by giving tours at GM. On my last tour, one of the visitors had on a Bills hat, so I stayed after to chat with that couple. They were visiting from Minneapolis, but he told me that his family has been Bills fans for a long time. We consoled each other about the loss to KC, and parted with thoughts of “next year”. I had all afternoon to kill before I was to attend a lecture, so I wandered down to the river, rode the water taxi for a circuit, and then went looking for the building that was where Anna Colquitt Hunter lived in the 1950s. I had an old photo and I’d always wanted to see if I could find the same building today. I never took the time until now, The photo was captioned 30 Bay Street, but that is where Vic’s on the River restaurant is now, so I didn’t think I had it right. As I walked further down the street, I saw a building that really did look similar, and the number was 230 Bay Street. I think this is it! I still had a little time, so I went to Gallery Expresso and treated myself to a delicious cup of chocolate brownie coffee and an apricot brie croissant. Finally it was time to go to the Juliet Gordon Low Birthplace for a talk about Nannie Helen Burroughs who worked as an educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman. That was fascinating. In conjunction with Black History Month, I was glad to learn about someone I never knew about, but who was and is an important woman of color in American history.

I made myself sit down and file my taxes on Friday. Not a job I like or look forward to doing, but it’s over for another year. I will get a smaller return this year, but at least it’s something.

I put away all the snowmen that have been sitting around the apartment and got out my leprechauns. On the porch, I added the green lights that I’d purchased on sale after Christmas last year to my white ficus tree. My festive nature knows no bounds.

Annie’s birthday was Monday. Because they celebrated on the weekend when Jack’s family could visit, I don’t think they did a lot on the actual day. Isn’t it amazing how fast this year went by?