I had meant to take more photos of decorated front yards, but somehow the time just got away from me.  We went for a drive this evening and found a group of West Ashley neighbors who went all out this year.

This evening I had Matt, Josh and Gideon in the studio to work on some new lighting ideas. Thanks guys for being so obliging – as always.  I did feed them 🙂

Gourd farming has become less commonplace over the years.  They are used to house the Purple Martins (America’s largest swallows) when they arrive from South America in the spring, and many crafters decorate them.  I started documenting this almost a year ago now and we have followed the planting season, the birds’ arrival, their gathering at Bomb Island on Lake Murray in the fall, their departure for South America, and now the harvest of this season’s gourd crop last weekend.  Here are some of those images.  Search my blog and photo website for more of this story.

The weather has been wonderful in Charleston, mild and sunny, so I took the opportunity to re-visit Shem Creek this evening.  I knew I wouldn’t be disappointed.  This is a great place to live.

The end of a good week and a beautiful evening over the harbor.  Do I wish I was on the cruise ship?  Mmm, not really, but it sure looked pretty as it sailed.

I noticed this while running some errands this morning. The tree is very mature, doesn’t seem to show any signs of stress, and the weather front that came through yesterday was a blustery nothing.  It just goes to show how random life can be. Fortunately the occupant of the house was not at home when it happened. You never know about that either, meaning we don’t know what harm we have been spared because of the grace of God, so thank Him for what you don’t know!

Food was great (thanks Tidewater Catering, again), weather was wonderful and everyone had a very good time.

With Thanksgiving behind us, the days are flying by and soon Christmas will be upon us. Time to start preparing for this most special time of year. Gideon thinks it’s a very good thing!

When Lisa told me her dog was a Golden Retriever I knew it was going to be a fun shoot, but I didn’t know the half of it. Sam arrived looking all spiffy and clean for his photographs, but we were persuaded (against our better judgement) to let him off his leash. Big mistake. Anyway, photographs are all about capturing what is, and so that was what we got.