A beautiful blue-sky day as seen from the end of the dike at the big pond.
September 19, 2021
Wispy Clouds
Tag Archives: South Carolina
Fluffy Clouds Over Middleton Place House Museum
Middleton Place House Museum under fluffy summer sky.
September 2, 2021
Alligators Passing
Alligators, just doing their thing.
They clearly know when to give way, and when they can pass on by.
Rice Field, Santee Coastal Reserve, SC
August 26, 2021
Alligators Floating in Rice Field Canal
Dikes run along both sides of this canal behind the lines of reeds. If you zoom in on the left you’ll see some dragonflies perched in the reed tops and some in the air. Many of my recent dragonfly images were taken from that dike.
Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, SC
August 29, 2021
Ashley River at Magnolia Plantation, Low Tide
Looking up the river from the rice field dike at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens on a recent morning. The river is tidal, and I find the changes in flow fascinating. Here it was close to low tide and the water appeared to be barely moving.
Ashley River at Magnolia Plantation
Looking downriver, towards Charleston, from Magnolia Plantation and Gardens shortly after sunrise.
Alligator Morning
Alligators were on the move early on this morning despite the morning heat. This water is a canal around an old rice field that sits at the edge of the South Santee River.
I intended to walk the dike but it wasn’t mowed so that was a non-starter with the tall grass harboring a gazillion mosquitoes and likely a few more Alligators. I plan to go back later in the fall or winter for another look.
Rice Field, Santee Coastal Reserve, SC
August 26, 2021
Pointing the Way
Blue sky this way!
August 23,2021
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
House Museum at Middleton Place
On a cloudy day the South Flanker across the great lawn was sprinkled with sheep.
One of the flock is always playing catch up.
July 7, 2021
Prior to the Civil War the main house was flanked by the North Flanker and the South Flanker, which was built in 1755 as gentlemen’s guest quarters and a business office.
Old Rice Field Canal
This canal runs along a dike that crosses an old rice field, and once would have been used to manipulate water levels where the rice was grown. The property is currently managed as a low-impact wildlife preserve.
Caw Caw Interpretive Center, Charleston County, SC
June 23, 2021