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Statue of Huntress

December 16, 2023 Ellen Jennings 6 Comments

One of the first things I saw at Brookgreen Gardens’ Nights of a Thousand Candles was this statue in a reflecting pool. This first image was taken about a half hour before sunset. The lights floating in the pool were real hand-lit candles. The hanging lights were electric strands.

Note: I cloned three people out of the first image that were in the walkway behind the statue.

After dark the whole place felt quite magical and I passed by this statue again.

It wasn’t possible to read the plaques in the dark, but from research this seems to be a replica of Diana of the Chase by Anna Hyatt Huntington, who established Brookgreen Gardens with her husband in 1931. The original is in the care of the New-York Historical Society.

Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC
December 7, 2023

Holiday

Fourth of July

July 4, 2020 Ellen Jennings 6 Comments

United States Flag hanging from a construction crane in downtown Charleston

July 4th – the anniversary of the publication of the declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1776

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Memorial Day

May 25, 2020 Ellen Jennings Leave a comment

In remeberence.

Holiday

Merry Christmas

December 25, 2017 Ellen Jennings 4 Comments

Holiday, Transportation

Holiday Ready Vespa

December 18, 2017 Ellen Jennings 2 Comments

The classic evergreen wreath is one of my favorite decorations and this Vespa had the simplest version, a circle of boughs dressed up with a single pine cone. The rider will be traveling in style.

Holiday

Evergreen Wreaths

December 15, 2017 Ellen Jennings 4 Comments

Ted and I walked around Charleston’s historic district today to check out the Christmas decorations. Wreaths were a common theme on doors, gates and porches. No blow-up Santas in sight.

Many of these homes have back entrances on an ally or shared driveway with walls and gates for privacy, providing the perfect place to decorate.

Many of the wreaths we saw were traditional evergreen, and most appeared real, with natural decorations of berries and cones.

This display had very plain wreaths but used woven animal heads mounted to the windows to hang the wreaths and a wooden trough of green apples. It was pretty, especially against the old brick exterior.