Looks like fire in the sky – Monhegan!
We see the most spectacular sunsets when we’re in Maine. We see them here in Charleston as well, but it just seems like they are over the top when on vacation. Sunset usually occurs while we are...
View ArticleOh to be a flower on Monhegan!
Oh to be a flower on Monhegan – with all the adoring fans constantly walking by shouting words of praise and whipping out their cameras/phones for a quick, yet exceptional photo. I’ve always loved...
View ArticleA Quintessential Maine Cottage
A quintessential Maine cottage. I love the white picket fence with the beautiful flowers blooming like crazy. This cape style home is a beauty and is situated on the most magnificent island ever. You...
View ArticleBless This House…
Over ten years ago we put down a walkway with pavers in our backyard. At that time there was a little edge that had concrete to hold the brick from shifting. I pressed this nickel-size “Bless This...
View ArticleItsy Bitsy Spider!
Itsy Bitsy Spider. Do you see it? How fabulous are these beautiful pink flowers? Especially against the brilliant blue sky. Lovely! Monhegan. Of course! IMAGES ARE MY OWN UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE....
View ArticleFeatured Artist: Whitney Knapp Bowditch
Suspension by Whitney Knapp Bowditch 8.75″ x 11.25″ Oil on Paper I love paintings of clothes on a clothesline blowing in the wind. The trees in the background and the grass in the foreground is WOW....
View ArticleIs your brain being hacked?
Our WIFI was out for four days. Four. A big truck drove through the neighborhood and broke large tree branches and snapped a few cable lines. Of course you only lose service when you have a lot to get...
View ArticleJohn Rutledge House Inn – Charleston, SC
John Rutledge House Inn – Charleston, SC This is a photo of the John Rutledge House Inn – it’s a beautiful inn in Charleston, SC. The Plumbago and it’s purple flowers are thriving in this spot! If...
View ArticleONE WAY!
This sign struck me – it says ONE WAY on both sides of it, yet it appears that each points to a slightly different path. Which made me think about life. Some of us go one way down the path of life and...
View ArticleHurricane Hugo – 28 years ago today…
Hurricane Hugo – September 21, 1989 Hurricane Hugo. I will never forget that night (even though it was 28 years ago). We were watching the weather. Leslie Lyles (newscaster) was saying through...
View ArticleGrosse Pointe, MI Home
Beautiful home in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI Isn’t this a beautiful home in Grosse Point, MI? I snapped this a few months ago through the car window (sorry about that) – ahhh! The lines of this house are...
View ArticleStan Moeller Workshop – Island Inn, Monhegan
As many of you know, Monhegan Island is full of artists. Easels set up everywhere, paintings being created left and right. It’s amazing the talent on one small island. Stan Moeller was giving a...
View ArticleReaching To the Heavens
Here is just a small portion of Susan’s Flower Garden – Monhegan, Maine. My first thought when I saw these flowers was that they appear to be reaching for the heavens. Gloriously happy and bright,...
View ArticleMichigan Summer Sunset
Ok, so this was taken this past summer when I was in Michigan for a quick visit with my family. It doesn’t seem as if it was taken that long ago. Sunsets are amazing and I am addicted to them, haha....
View ArticleHappy healthy wishes!
Me, my mom (Sheila) and sister (Bridget) I took this photo several years ago when my sister, mom and I had a long weekend on Mackinac Island. What a treasure! We had such an amazing time. We ate,...
View ArticleA Tumultuous Sky
The day before Irma visited Charleston we went out and snapped some photos. The clouds were wild and tumultuous – the tide was high and it was wildly windy. Still there was a sliver of sunlight on the...
View ArticleThe Price is Right…
I love these wild palms that pop up in Charleston. They usually pop up where you don’t want them (front yard, butted up to a walkway), but on occasion they pop in the right place. This palm provides...
View ArticleSuNgLaSsEs! 😎
This is Fred. Fred squinting in the bright sunshine waiting for me to take a photo, then the HURRY UP look, the I HAVE TO CLOSE MY EYES LOOK (put your sunglasses on Fred!) and the ahhhh, the...
View ArticleLeaving Port Clyde, Maine Headed Towards Monhegan
Leaving Port Clyde Headed to Monhegan | barbara stroud Talk about ethereal! This scene, the feeling while being there, and that fantastic light in the midst of the fog were all captured in this photo....
View ArticleQuick and Easy: Attic Stairway Insulator!
We had SCE&G (South Carolina Electric & Gas) come out several months ago and tell us what we could do to improve energy usage, etc. This was one suggestion – we have a pull down stairway that...
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