One year and one day after I took the images from last year’s post, it was another glorious Azalea day at Middleton Place. And, once again “Sandal Binder” was a photo opp. The images are not much different, but it was lovely to be out there.

This marble statue of woman putting on a sandal  survived the Civil War and now watches over a pond surrounded by azaleas and Spanish Moss.

The marble statue is circa 1810, by Rudolph Schadow, and is also known as “Sandal Binder” for the German “Die Sandalenbinderin.”

Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
March 27, 2026