Cumberland Island 2011

Love Story 

Watching the mini series Love Story of JFK Jr. and Caroline Bessette got me thinking about our trip to Cumberland Island and if I had lost those photos in Hurricane Helene along with all the others.

I did, but back in 2011 when we went there, I did a post on this blog. That's one really nice thing about a blog just for yourself, you can look back, you have your photos and it is similar to a diary where you can read what went on. 

My kind of beach. Not a soul in sight.

We didn't stay at the Greyfield Inn, the only inn on the island where the Kennedys stayed, but we got a nice tour.

This was our accommodations lol, and all I can remember is how hot it was, I couldn't sleep in my tent and when we were setting up there were snakes hanging in the trees. I learned not to go to the coast in the summer anymore, always winter.

Some of the wild horses on the island

The African slave chapel where they were married. In the series one of the cousins says "This looks like the unibomber's shack", but I found it to be very quaint and I could see why they would want to get married here.

Back in the day, they were a couple I enjoyed following. It was a very sad day when the news came they were gone. 

Spring Fever

All the bulbs from last year's Christmas gift from my aunt are starting to come in, daffodils and hyacinths already blooming. 
 

My tomato seedlings and some flowers are liking the heat mats.

I was so nervous because it took over a month for my torenia Suzie Wong seeds from Pam in Palm Beach to show up! They are just specs, but they are alive!!!

With the storms and other interruptions, it took me a little time to get to BB Barnes in Asheville, my favorite nursery to find the right thank you gift for Pam. 

How fitting to have a little mermaid planter for Palm Beach!

 Should be arriving soon, I hope she likes it. 

My coleus cuttings are looking pretty good, too. The amaryllis that my aunt sent is green with a little sprout, but it never came back in full. Those are tough. 

Around town the planters are dressed for spring and Easter. Love this time of year!

 

                 76 Degrees today, thank God it's all gone!!

First an ice storm.

Worked for days making paths to be able to walk. It was so thick and hard, but places where the sun would hit I was able to make a path. 

Our new neighbor from Virginia had the equipment to plow our road.

It was so cold we went through so much wood. I had collected bins of downed limbs, but we went through it all. Heat pumps do not warm houses that don't have good insulation, and these houses were summer homes for Floridians, so they didn't see the need to insulate.

My tree was still up, I wasn't taking it down until we had a snowfall. I hosed it down earlier taking off the fake snow and re-dressed it with glass pinecones. I cannot believe this tree made it all the way to February without dropping needles, and it still smelled wonderful. We sure got our money's worth!

The only decorations I kept on the mantle were the little wreaths on the lights. I found two beautiful white vintage teardrop ornaments and put them on where there were missing crystals.

Then the next week a snow storm, which would have been great if not for the ice underneath. We got a good six inches of beautiful white, fluffy snow. 

The chows loved it and wouldn't come in. Never too cold for a chow.

The reflections of the snow and the house in my globes hanging on my breezeway.

Feeding the deer was not an easy task walking down through the ice covered pasture, but they are worth it! I don't think I like winter anymore. I've been looking for a tiny house in Florida, time to be a snowbird!