Many of the leaves that turn have already dropped, but there was a bit of color in the tree line at the back of the marsh.
A Great Blue Heron looks rather small tucked into the grasses at the side of this canal.
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
November 23, 2025
This is the marsh side of the dike where the water flows with the tide at Donnelley WMA. There wasn’t much bird activity on this gloomy day.
On the other side of the dike the water level is controlled by management using the trunks. There were a few Alligators floating in the pond.
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
August 2, 2025
Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, SC
July 16, 2025
A low-country scene with a palm tree, pink azaleas and a pyramid styled burial chamber. Why not?
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
March 27, 2025
The decorative fences in the older sections of Charleston’s Magnolia Cemetery fascinate me and the bloom azaleas really help them stand out.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
March 27, 2025
Boy with Duck statue, purple blooms in the background. I went around that way to see what the blooms were then got distracted by Pile O’Reptiles: Turtle and Alligators and forgot to photograph them up close.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
February 25, 2025
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens is dotted with statues, most of them some version of painted white which over time can get grimy looking. The area around Boy with Duck was recently cleared and the statue was turned to face the path rather than the pond.
I have seen some of the statues get cleaned of the clinging moss, lichen and who knows what debris. I would like to see him stay with this patina; I think it gives him a bit more character.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
January 19, 2025
Click to see how the statue looked in June of 2020 when it was facing the pond.
Into a fall scene
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
December 15, 2024
and not a bird in sight.
Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, SC
April 3, 2024
There were splashes of color all around pond on this grey day.
The Crepe Myrtle to the right of the gazebo is heavily loaded with Spanish Moss. It will look remarkably different here when that tree leaves out.
This little statue is tucked in to the left of the bridge with a bright Azalea backdrop.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 22, 2024
