Flocks of Brown Pelicans provided a spectacular end of day show at Folly Beach on Monday.
A steady parade of small groups flew over the dunes.
The sunset fizzled out as the orb disappeared into a heavy bank of clouds at the horizon.
I took these pictures and wrote this post last summer, but was never satisfied with my text. Tonight, as a curfew has been imposed by our county and there is unrest all around us, it seems appropriate to remember these leaders.
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The Williamsburg County Courthouse in Kingstree, SC was built on a Revolutionary War era parade ground. In addition to the courthouse, which was built in 1823, and various war memorials, there are monuments commemorating Justice Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King.
A civil rights attorney, Thurgood Marshall succeeded in having the US Supreme Court declare segregated public schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and in 1967 became the first black Justice on that Court.
“I did the best I could with what I had.”
Dr. Martin Luther King spoke locally on Mother’s Day, 1966, advocating the power of voting.
“Unless we learn to live together as brothers
Surely we will die apart as fools.”
A few days after I posted Magnolia Plantation Cupola, River Side I was in the same place with a similar sky and a shorter lens on my camera.
Without much contrasting color to break up all that green I processed these images with a vintage photo look.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
For a view of the other side of the house see my post from November 2019: Magnolia Plantation, the House
At one time a wide lawn leading up to the Ashley River side of Magnolia Plantation would have been the welcome to visitors who had journeyed via boat from Charleston. Now that expanse has narrowed with trees and there is no clear view of the whole house from the river bank.
I was ready for wildlife photography with my 100-400 MM lens attached, but the impending storm made a cool sky so I took some images between the trees at 100 MM.
If you are zooming in to see the weather vane details you’ll see spots. At first I thought my lens might be dirty but after comparing the images I’m pretty sure those are rain drops.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
For a view from the other side see my post from November 2019: Magnolia Plantation, the House
An Alligator was passing by a Cypress tree on a slow afternoon swim.
A peaceful morning at the big pond.
A little breeze was ruffling the water and reptiles were the only creatures in sight.
January 14, 2020
Some days the sky seems bigger than others. Here, the sky is big and the Double-crested Cormorant quite small.
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
Correction: January 9, 2020
Almost two years ago I posted photographs of these windows from the outside in Triplet Windows.
A couple weeks ago when passing by on my way to the nature trail the back door was open. I stepped in and got the answer to my question about their position: they are centered over the kitchen sink.
Those with kitchen duty had a lovely view into a pine forest.
The house, well on its way to ruin, was once the hub of a thriving cattle farm. The property is maintained by the SC Department of Natural Resources; periodically they trim back overgrowing vegetation, which may help it last a few more years.
These delicate purple flowers were blooming under a tree along a path to a nature trail. There is an abandoned house nearby so these could be a remnant of long ago garden.
The sun was just coming onto this patch and the blooms were in various stages of opening.
This one had spread a dusting of pollen.
Here’s a wider view with more of the foliage.
