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April 19, 2017

Historical Celebration in St. Marys, Georgia

Saturday, April 15, Tom and I were guest presenters at the St. Marys Historical Celebration. St. Marys is about an hour south of St. Simons Island. The Visitor Center for Cumberland Island National Seashore is in St. Marys. Cumberland Island is a sister park to Fort Frederica and we share a superintendent. The superintendent asked …

April 13, 2017

What’s In My Bucket? A Hidden Objects Challenge

I mentioned a couple of months ago that I was picking up trash along the road as one of my duties here at Fort Frederica. I continue to go out once a week with my white bucket and my reflective vest to pick up trash. Most weeks I fill the bucket a couple of times. …

April 11, 2017

Grand Canyon of Georgia: Providence Canyon

Recently, Tom and I visited the Grand Canyon of Georgia: Providence Canyon Outdoor Recreation Area. Providence Canyon is in the western part of southern Georgia, almost at the Alabama border. Columbus, Georgia is about 40 miles north and is the largest town close by. The Grand Canyon of Georgia powerfully shows the influence of people …

March 30, 2017

Southeast Archaeological Center at Frederica

For a couple of weeks, a team from the Southeast Archaeological Center came to Frederica. The archaeologists on the team were studying an area of the town that has never been excavated. It was fun to send guests out to talk with them and to watch them work. People love to talk about the things …

March 29, 2017

Flashback Cinema at the Georgia Theatre Company

One of my favorite things about being on St. Simons Island has been Flashback Cinema. We are only five minutes from the Georgia Theatre Company. Our first week on the island we saw “Hidden Figures” and learned about the Flashback Cinema program. Flashback Cinema is a new “old” movie shown every week on Sundays …

March 24, 2017

Sand Gnats: No-see-um but Can-feel-um!

Every perfect place to live has some serpent in paradise, some fly in the ointment, something that bugs you. Death Valley had buffalo gnats. Grand Portage had mosquitoes and biting black flies. St. Simons Island has sand gnats. Sand gnats are known by lots of different names: sand flies, no-see-ums, granny nippers, chitras, or punkies. …

March 23, 2017

Bugs in the Beans – Totally Gross!

A couple of weeks ago I decided to make “baked” beans and peach cobbler for my Saturday living history demonstration. I make all our baked beans from scratch now that Tom and I are on a low sodium diet. Canned baked beans have tons of salt! We went to the grocery store and I bought …

March 22, 2017

Azaleas: The Royalty of the Garden

For the last two months, azaleas have been blooming like crazy on St. Simons Island. Every yard has these plants which are part of the rhododendron family. Every garden is showy with their riotous blooms. Across the street from Fort Frederica, the Wesley Memorial Gardens highlight the beauty and variety of the abundant blossoms. Everywhere …

March 15, 2017

Bill and Barbara Come for a Visit

Last week we enjoyed a visit from our friends Bill and Barbara Ruh. I have mentioned Bill and Barbara before. We visited them when we were in Massachusetts back in 2015. Bill and Barbara have had an interesting journey in the last year. They are unintentional full-time RVers. Once both daughters were off to school, …

March 9, 2017

February Festival Concerts on St. Simons

One of the reasons Tom and I love being on St. Simons Island is all the things to do in the evenings. The last two winters saw us at Death Valley and Kings Mountain. At Death Valley we had to drive at least an hour to even get to a restaurant. Kings Mountain was an …