Happy St Patrick's Day!

Happy St Patrick's Day!!

This is a reminder that St Patrick's Day is for parties and parades! Sadly I am in Central Georgia and it is just another day... I must remember days gone by...like the time I was in the Savannah Georgia Parade. It was fun...even though it was raining!

Ahhhh good times!

May the luck of the Irish be with you this fine day!

Full Moon

The full moon on Moon River, Savannah, GA....last night!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Happy St Patrick's Day to one and all! It's not the best day for a parade in Savannah but I was reminiscing and found this photo from the one St Patrick's Day parade I was in... Now keep in mind it was a few years back...like last century! I was in a play and the theatre had an entry so we all walked to promote the show...all 3 1/2 miles...in the rain. I'm the one with the umbrella! I am wearing a 1960's wool shift dress that was my mom's (notice the belt..it's a rope!) We were such fashion statements! Not the best of ideas, walking in the rain, since it was a musical and the show started in a week or so. It was Camelot..and yes, I was Guinevere. I don't think anyone got sick... Ah the memories...

Wishing you and yours a happy St Patrick's Day! Now off to eat my green grits!! :)

My Coastal Condo

My condo in Savannah is for rent again! The current renters are moving soon and that means it is available again!

Ideally located between Historic Savannah, Georgia and Tybee Beach, my condo offers seclusion and relaxation on beautiful Wilmington Island. It has two bedrooms/2 baths with a spacious open plan living room and dining room. The kitchen has a great pantry! There is also washer/dryer hookups! Plenty of storage with a walk-in closet in the Master plus an outside storage closet on the large screened-in porch...just steps away from the pool! Located in a great neighborhood with plenty of space for walking, jogging or biking!

Call Cathy at Southcoast Properties (912) 355-9223 for more details...how about a viewing? Just mention Bull River Bluff! You will love the quiet, safe and convenient island living!!

Gottlieb's Chocolate Chewy Recipe

This is such a great cookie...a cookie from my childhood! This is from a bakery in Savannah, Georgia that is now closed. It was started, I think, in the 1920's and closed in the late 1990's. It was a wonderful Jewish bakery with it's claim to fame being the Chocolate Chewy! They were so delicious and such a treat. When the bakery closed everyone was so disappointed..now the Chocolate Chewy would be gone forever! But I just had this recipe sent to me today and though I would share it with you!! Once you try them you will be hooked!! Yummy!

Gottlieb's Chocolate Chewy

12 oz powered sugar

1 1/4 oz cocoa

2 Tbsp all purpose flour

3 egg whites

8 oz chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 300. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Place sugar, cocoa and flour in mixer bowl and beat until well blended. Beat in egg whites, 1 at a time, scraping bowl as necessary. Beat at high speed for 1 minute. Beat in pecans.

Drop by tablespoon onto sheets, leaving 2 inches between cookies for spreading. Bake 1 sheet at a time for 15 minutes, turning sheet around halfway through baking time. Remove from oven; cool on paper. Place cookies on paper in freezer, freeze for 1 hour.

Remove from freezer, peel paper off cookies. Store in an airtight container. These don't keep very long, so eat quickly - as if that is a problem!

Make 2 dozen.

It's too HOT!

It is too hot here in Middle Georgia!! Today it hit almost 100 degrees with a heat index over 102! They said on the news that it is hotter here than in Florida!!! That's just not right... It jumped straight into the middle of summer when summer doesn't start until tomorrow!

Took Sweet Mama for a ride today and she said that it is supposed to cool off next week...down to the mid 90's! Not ready for all this heat so soon. It seems like August instead of June. I like it better when we ease into to the heat..that way you don't notice it so much.

And did you hear us hollerin' a little while ago? We had a ton of ants covering the stove and counters.. Sweet Mama was tearing the burners off and I was picking and moving all the stuff on the counters. i don't know where they came from... but I think I won!! Cleaned up all the bodies and sprayed outside around all the windows. I still feel like an ant or two is still on my arm...

So I am going to close my eyes and think about sitting on the dock above...It's Moon River in Savannah. Family reunion next month there....maybe we can go for the weekend... AHHH killed two more ants. Will it ever end?

Hit and Miss

So I got back last night from Savannah after a long day of visiting and work. It was an uneventful trip down. Had lunch with a friend, dropped off aprons at Polk's Fresh Market and went to my favorite fabric store to resupply. I left Savannah around 5pm. On ride back I was minding my own business, moving right along the interstate, no traffic, when I looked out the driver's window and there was a goose, heading right toward my window! I ducked! He was so close I could look him right in the eye! All I heard were the feathers on his wing up against the glass as it passed by. I looked out my rear view mirror and saw nothing... no body. So I am hoping that he just kept going and basically winged me! I had passed three or four of his friends hangin out at the tree line moments earlier. I like to think that he is now telling them all about the big gold thingy that jumped out in front of him when he was on his way to dinner! I guess it is all in how you look at it!

Wednesday already??

Where has this week gone?! It seems that I have been so busy this week! After a whirlwind day-trip to Savannah, special orders, trips to the post office and an unplanned trip today to Atlanta, the week has almost passed me by and its only Tuesday!

On my way to the car today I noticed my first azalea (see above)! This is the only bloom in the whole yard! The Tulip Tree is blooming, slightly. It alway seems the get caught by the cold. I think that the snow day didn't help! In Atlanta the bradford pears were almost in full bloom in some areas and some cherry trees were begining to bloom. Here in Warner Robins the bradford pears are just begining to bloom. I checked my cherry tree, but nothing...

Has Spring Sprung??

Today has turned out to be a beautiful day! Who knew that we had snow last Sunday?! The Bradford Pears are starting to bloom and so is our Tulip tree! The Cherry trees can't be far behind...

I have been busy the past few day trying to finish an order for Polk's Fresh Market in Downtown Savannah. 530 East Liberty St. I sell my aprons there to the locals and tourist who wander in! And with St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, the apron business has picked up!!

I am hoping to make a daytrip on Saturday, drop them off, see my uncle who is in the hospital and come right back. It's only a 2 1/2 hour drive, hopefully the weather with be nice!

Daylight Savings Time starts Sunday!