March has arrived

 

March has arrived and I'm so glad!

Lots of bright beautiful colors on this month's calendar.

John Sloane Country calendar

So glad Daylight Savings time has FINALLY ARRIVED!!

And FINALLY, bursts of sunshine yellow Carolina Jessamine have arrived as well. I always look forward to these blooms as they herald Springtime. And they sure don't last long....seems once they bloom, there are gone in about a week, so if you want pictures, you have to get them while you can. 

We only have one patch of it here, but on the way to church this morning, wow, we saw it blooming  ALL OVER, all throughout trees, climbing poles, in country roadside fences and in ditches. Also lots of beautiful pear trees in full bloom.

Signs of spring on our old trees too:

Splashes of bright scarlet

Cold evenings enjoying lots of books. Just finished these:

remember Patti Callahan Henry wrote the book I posted about in the last post, "Surviving Savannah"----- about the sinking of the Pulaski

all three books were great!

below, Almost Home book:

Got some new magazines waiting on me....

sorry to hear Dolly's husband, Carl Dean, passed away this past week

Been processing lots of eggs:

Valentines cards were enjoyed in February:

.....and a sweet surprise arrived via mailbox from a dear friend!

There was this cute little box:

Lots of lovely seeds! Cant wait to get these planted!

cute cute hand sanitizer!

and even tiny sweet dolls for the resident dolls! **Tansy, Amybelle, and Tracie Gale.** LOL From their sweet cousin down in Florida, Lily Grace.

And this adorable gnome house too! 

Just so many thoughtful and fun goodies, much appreciated!

My valentines present from Mr. Front Porch:

It has our names on each side, and our birthstones side by side and is also engraved inside the band.

Every evening our sweet deer friends come out of the forest and up right up close to the house! I NEVER TIRE OF seeing them!

Not very good pictures, but it's the best I could do, they move fast! LOL

a few "dandylions" still sprouting up

and our camellias are still blooming, love their green glossy leaves!

Hope your upcoming week goes great and you are enjoying some spring-like weather where you live!

Cold Winter walk

 

Today's Winter walk:

Callie has stretched out.................and is rolling in the sandy dirt! LOL

the ladies STILL have their coop decorated for Christmas, LOL!

I carried my embroidery pocketbook to church today. I really like it and the bright colors, but it doesn't hold too much

this is a sign that Spring is right around the corner!....RIGHT??! lol

Going back inside, I wanted to show y'all this book

It has so many neat pictures in it with interesting little stories of the items pictured:

pretty teacups and saucers

a treasured 1960s ensemble

baby clothes

a loaded charm bracelet

I just finished this book below [historical fiction] and it was so good! I loved it.

 It's about the sinking of the luxury steamship Pulaski in 1838. I think over a hundred people died and maybe about 50 people survived the sinking. It was known as the "Titanic of the South and The Titanic of it's Time" [76 years before the 1912 sinking of the Titanic] and was found 180 years after the sinking disaster. 

from Steamboat Disasters

The ship was trying to get from Savannah, Georgia, to up to Baltimore, and had many wealthy people on board, as well as travelling families, businessmen, slaves, and crew. The ship had stopped in Charleston to pick up more passengers before continuing on north, many to Saratoga Springs for vacation and to escape the oppressive heat of the southern summer.

Back then, the wealthy would pack up trunks of their clothes and belongings, including dishes and silverware, coins, and their servants and slaves, and go North for the summer.

After the explosion, Many people floated on wreckage for 3 or 4 days without food or water before they were rescued. Only four women survived. The ship broke in half as it sank.

They found the old ship about 30 miles off the North Carolina coast. Divers recovered so many neat pieces of history from the wreckage, including ladies pretty items like fancy hairpins and combs, china, keys, thimbles, jewelry, silverware, and many gold and silver coins, many from the 1700s.

 A men's pocket watch was found and recovered, set to 11:05, when the ship's boiler probably exploded, and Patti weaves a wonderful story around that in her book. This type of pocket watch was a powerful status symbol of wealth in 1838.

the News and Observer

I started reading Patti's books back in the summer, I believe, and they've all been very good.

This book was so interesting and they have recovered the ships anchor, but not the ship's bell.

Hope these last few days of February are going well in your neck of the woods. Soon these winter skies will give way to Spring, and I am READY! LOL

Our Camellia bush has finally bloomed. So late, but at least she is blooming!