I hadn’t photographed the festive cherubs in a few years and wanted to see how they looked amongst the azaleas.
The cherubs’ view:
A sprinkling of azaleas were in bloom behind and off to the sides of the statue.
Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
March 27, 2026
Years ago Ted called this statue “Freaky Babies” so of course that is what I think every time I pass it. He a nice B&W version from a visit in February 2021 which in a post he aptly named Freaky Babies.Â
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
A dead fallen limb on the edge of a pond made a lovely perch for this juvenile Little Blue Heron.
Ravenswood Pond
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
August 27, 2025
It was a glorious Azalea day at Middleton Place.
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 26, 2025
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
February 15, 2024
I’ve photographed this statue before, once amid a sea of blooming azaleas: Waiting In Solitude.
I always glance over when I pass by and found I wasn’t the only one checking her out on this fall day.
Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
November 29, 2022
It was the shape of the tree that caught my eye, reminding me of a carved finial. The Osprey nest that looks like a straw hat was secondary. It was early and not much light, but there is an Osprey in the nest, the white on its head visible close to the tree trunk.
Orlando Wetlands, Florida
April 12, 2022
A leaf floating down an old rice field canal caught the sunlight as it passed me by.
The water was clear with reflections of the vegetation on the canal banks appearing as rippled.
