Savannah Houses

Tree-lined streets...so beautiful.  Some of the houses here are in the historic section, others on the outskirts.  To me, all are beautiful.

 We saw many of these houses from the bus.  The tour guide described them to us, but I was so busy snapping photos that I didn't get all the details.  I must purchase a book about Savannah's houses.  The next time I will go, it will not be on a bus.

This particular house is in the historic district....as well as the one below.

 This is the garden outside Juliette Gordon Low's house.  This one house we did visit, but we weren't allowed to take photos inside.  She, as you probably know, founded the Girl Scouts of America.  Quite the artist, her home contains oil paintings and sculptures that she did.  When she married Mr. Low, they moved to England where she met Lord Baden Powell, who was founder of the Boy Scouts.  She, in turn, founded Girl Guides, which later became known as Girl Scouts.  Mr. Powell didn't think that girls should or could do what the boys did, but Juliette proved him wrong and changed the name to Girl Scouts.

Our guide said that this house is called the true gingerbread house in Savannah.  It reminds me of some of the old homes in Haiti.

A Day in Savannah

I have often driven I-95 on my to David's and have passed by the exits for Savannah, and I always said to myself that I must go there some day.  The last week of April, I went with a group of seniors (as in old people) to Savannah.  Our bus dropped us off on River Street for "shopping and lunch."  I connected with one of the ladies on the bus who was no more interested in shopping than I was, and so we asked the best way to see the most in the time that we had.

He suggested that we go up the elevator to Bull Street and head west.  That led us down several squares that are lined with the most magnificent live oaks that I believe I've ever seen.  Almost as abundant as live oaks were church steeples.  As we walked down the squares we stopped to read the many monuments to people who were important in the founding of Georgia from Oglethorpe to the soldiers who helped fight for independence.

As we walked along, we were serenaded by street musicians, one a violinist and this gentleman who was playing gospel songs on his flute.  What a lovely stop along the way.  I decided that if I ever move to Savannah, I will be a bench sitter, especially in the spring time. 

This would be a lovely way to see the historic part of the city.  We saw several horse-drawn buggies and lots of open-air trams filled with sight-seers.  We enjoyed walking so that we could stop at will and snap photos or take the time to read the historic markers.

Our day ended at "The Lady and Sons," Paula Deen's restaurant.  Our tour guide had made these reservations for us, and we were given a room downstairs.  The gentleman who greeted us didn't tell us who he was, but we later found out he is Bobby's son, Paula's grandson.  We were served some good Southern cooking.  If you went away hungry, it was no one's fault but your own.

I'll post some more photos tomorrow of some of the houses in Savannah and more of Paula's.

Psalm 1

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,

nor standeth in the way of sinners,

nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the lord,

and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

that bringeth forth his fruit in his seaosn'

his leaf also shall not wither;

 and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.