Savannah Georgia April 2017

Brenda and I rented a car from Hertz to drive to Savannah and Charleston.  The midsize car we ordered online was unavailable because it appears many Uber drivers are renting cars from Hertz.  We ended up with a Toyota Yaris with Texas plates.  The gas mileage is great, but we would have been happier with our original plan.  Next time we will go back to the airport and get a car there.  We left for Savannah about noon April 25th and arrived about 5 p.m. after stopping for a long lunch.  I resorted to taking pictures of the flowers at the hotel for my 365 picture of the day.  That was the good news about our Travelodge stay.  When we arrived the office was being renovated, it was all torn up.  The renovations were still going on the day we left.  We had planned a four day stay but left after the 3rd night.  The website pictures must have been several years old as the actual room looked tired and worn down.  The kicker was the ants and palmetto bugs.  Cleanliness (other than the sheets and towels) was not apparently a priority.

However, we did enjoy our carriage tour with the Historic Savannah Carriage Tours on April 26th.  We were the first tour of the day at 9 a.m. and the only passengers so we had the carriage and tour guides to ourselves.   Michele was guiding us and Elizabeth through the route that their company follows.  Elizabeth was an experienced driver that was learning the company's route to drive for them.  Elizabeth drove and Michele told us about the history and squares.  Elizabeth chimed in occasionally.  Batman, the horse, behaved like a perfect gentleman despite all the traffic.

One tidbit was especially welcome as Michele told us about Leopold's Ice Cream Shop.  They actually make their own ice cream and Malts which Brenda likes but has difficulty finding. Not very much call for Malts these days.  After the tour we wandered around town and I took pictures.  Click on Savannah

Thursday we went to the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens. It is owned by the University of Georgia and is open to the public for a nominal fee.  We didn't take advantage of the pick your own strawberries but it was available while we were there. Photo Album Botanical Gardens

Embroidery Challenge for Myself

This year I decided to stop thinking about doing hand embroidery and actually do it.  I looked around online and found Pin Tangle.  She created TAST  (Take a Stitch Tuesday).  Each Tuesday is a different embroidery stitch to learn or play with if you already know it.  Here is my January take on it.  First TAST was the "running stitch."

Second TAST stitch was the "blanket stitch." I added it in different hues of gold to brown, as the ground below my addition of more running stitch as a stem on more leaves.  I also used the blanket stitch to create the flowers in peach.

 

3rd TAST stitch was the "Fly stitch", I added it under the blanket stitch in  a dark brown and to create the lavender flowers.

4th Stitch was "Detached Chain stitch."  I did it in purple.











The 5th TAST stitch was the "herringbone stitch" that I added in light and medium purple.

Finally, I finished the first month's stitches with the addition of beads and by using  it to make a project bag.