Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
1.06.2013
10.31.2012
2.14.2012
Happy Valentine's Day
Wishing you a long walk on a deserted beach with your sweetheart this Valentine's Day.
12.31.2011
Bye Bye 2011 - Happy New Year 2012
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. -Benjamin Franklin
Happiest of New Years
Hope to see you at the beach in 2012,
Susan
12.23.2011
Happy Friday and Merry Christmas from Good Haven House
Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind.
To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
-Calvin Coolidge
11.23.2011
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go.
- Victor Hugo
I will be back to regular posting soon. Working on a big rehab project that I will share in a few weeks.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving all.
7.04.2011
Happy Independence Day 2011!
Hope you're all having a fun 4th of July weekend!
See you at the beach,
Susan
6.21.2011
Happy Summer Solstice
Happy summer solstice to all of you pagans and druids out there :)
For the rest of us it just means a little extra beach time!
Fun Solstice Facts
In the Northern Hemisphere, summer solstice begins on Jun 21 2011 at 1:16 P.M. EDT
Specifically, the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere is the moment when the sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer. This is the farthest north the sun ever moves in the sky, which is why the days near the solstice have the most daylight of any days of the year.
The name is derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still), because at the solstices, the Sun stands still in declination; that is, the apparent movement of the Sun's path north or south comes to a stop before reversing direction.
For the June solstice, Christian cultures celebrate the feast of St. John from June 23 to June 24, while Neopagans observe Midsummer or Litha
Specifically, the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere is the moment when the sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer. This is the farthest north the sun ever moves in the sky, which is why the days near the solstice have the most daylight of any days of the year.
The name is derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still), because at the solstices, the Sun stands still in declination; that is, the apparent movement of the Sun's path north or south comes to a stop before reversing direction.
For the June solstice, Christian cultures celebrate the feast of St. John from June 23 to June 24, while Neopagans observe Midsummer or Litha
Perhaps the most enduring modern ties with Summer Solstice were the Druids' celebration of the day as the "wedding of Heaven and Earth", resulting in the present day belief of a "lucky" wedding in June.
Pagans called the Midsummer moon the "Honey Moon" for the mead made from fermented honey that was part of wedding ceremonies performed at the Summer Solstice.
Midsummer was thought to be a time of magic, when evil spirits were said to appear. To thwart them, Pagans often wore protective garlands of herbs and flowers. One of the most powerful of them was a plant called 'chase-devil', which is known today as St. John's Wort and still used by modern herbalists as a mood stabilizer.
Pagans called the Midsummer moon the "Honey Moon" for the mead made from fermented honey that was part of wedding ceremonies performed at the Summer Solstice.
Midsummer was thought to be a time of magic, when evil spirits were said to appear. To thwart them, Pagans often wore protective garlands of herbs and flowers. One of the most powerful of them was a plant called 'chase-devil', which is known today as St. John's Wort and still used by modern herbalists as a mood stabilizer.
6.17.2011
Happy Friday and Happy Father's Day
“A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing,
the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.” -James Dent
Have a wonderful Father's Day weekend.
5.27.2011
Happy Friday, Happy Summer
Summer afternoon - summer afternoon;
to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
-Henry James
Memorial Day weekend, the beginning of Summer!
See you at the beach,
Susan
5.06.2011
Happy Friday and Happy Mother's Day
Wishing you a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!
See you at the beach,
Susan
4.22.2011
Hoppy Friday!
Guess who I saw at the beach today?
Resting up for a busy weekend.
Hop to see you at the beach too,
Susan
1.21.2011
Our Christmas Elves
This post is from Dawn and her family who stayed at Good Haven House over the Christmas holidays in 2010.
Our family enjoyed a special holiday week-long visit to Good Haven House. The housekeeper decorated the house with a wreath, some lighted garland on the mantel, and a small Christmas tree.
With the Christmas tree that we brought decorated with hand-made ornaments we made during the week, the house seemed very much like a home away from home. Everyone enjoyed their time, including the children and the dogs. There were plenty of books, videos, and games for the kids to enjoy and the dogs loved the large yard.
Our time spent enjoying nights on the deck, gathering around the fireplace, baking cookies, and decorating our tree created a very memorable Christmas for the entire family.
-Dawn and Family
-Dawn and Family
Thanks so much Dawn for taking the time to share your visit and photos with us. We hope to have you as guests at Good Haven House again in 2011!
See you at the beach!
Susan
12.30.2010
Happy Friday and Happy New Year!
Wishing you a wonderful New Year!
See you at the beach in 2011
-Susan
12.24.2010
Merry Christmas (and happy Friday)
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| Christmas at Johnson's Beach, Perdido Key |
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
See you at the beach,
Susan
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