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Family comes to the rescue

Another day much like yesterday (meaningless, meaningless says the teacher …) so rather than dig up another country scene, barn, avenue of oaks, etc. I had Leigh pose for me this evening before she headed out to music practice. Tomorrow I’m heading South to Savannah but I think the weather will be a little wild and not too photo-friendly. Oh well, in another couple of weeks I’ll be headed way South – all the way to South Africa where I will surely snag some great images.

Today was dark and gray and I didn’t get out of the office much except to run a mundane errand, so I borrowed another photo from my Edisto field trip last weekend. It’s a great old barn on Highway 174 and I gave it some effects in Photoshop. I will be in Savannah this coming weekend visiting a friend, so hopefully I’ll be posting some great pics of spring in the downtown squares. That’s if the weather holds because there’s a lot of rain in the forecast.

Botany Bay Road, Edisto, SC

Today was a typical Sunday – church in the morning, Matt’s soccer game in the afternoon (walked and bathed the dog in between) and then a trip to Edisto on a photo assignment. This photo was taken along the way to Botany Bay Plantation.

The Old Navy Yard

This evening the CNPA met at a new location in the Noisette old navy yard. I allowed some time before the meeting to explore. Oh my gosh what a very cool place with so much photography potential. Old abandoned warehouses, industrial buildings, houses, railroad tracks criss-crossing through it all. It must have been a great place in its day. I hope it can all be restored because many of the buildings – well, they just don’t build them like that anymore.

I love these long, light evenings

Daylight saving is not much fun when you wake up in the dark all over again, but it sure is wonderful to leave work with the sun still high in the sky and the evening filled with all kinds of “field trip” possibilities. I still didn’t feel that great this morning, but I made it through the day alright. After work I headed out to Folly Beach to spend some time with a friend who lives out there, stopping only briefly at home to change and scoop up the dog. What a wonderful place we live in to be able to do this on a whim – be walking a beautiful, almost desolate beach on a sunny evening only 15 minutes from home. Definitely good medicine and I feel worlds better.

Here comes the sun ..

The clouds finally started clearing today, and I was able to get out of the office for awhile because our hydrosurvey guys were doing some work at Patriot’s Point around the Yorktown. I figured we could use some images for our website and marketing material so I spent some time in the fresh air which was nice. Later on I got zapped with some kind of crud flu bug and I’m not feeling at all good …..

Sunday, March 15th

The seasons are in transition and from day to day it seems the weather cannot make up its mind what it wants to do. It’s cold and miserable, then it’s warm and hazy, then the morning fog doesn’t lift until 10.30am. It won’t be long until it’s just plain hot again – for months and months. I know one thing – the lowcountry “noseeums” are back.

Everyone’s Irish this week

It seems that St. Patrick’s Day is one of Charleston’s favorite holidays, and it was celebrated appropriately at the McCalls tonight. I’m sure it’s still being celebrated – I’m just not one of those late night people. Come to think of it, I’m not an early morning person either.