The First and The Last

First rose - a sign of summer is already around the corner?

The last buds of Azaleas - Spring time is leaving us soon

Tuesday Special - # 1

The Coconut Palm

Tuesday Special

I had an idea about supporting my husband’s fine art paintings. I am going to call it “The Tuesday Special” and every Tuesday I will present one painting from his collection of Key West pictures.

The pictures are from original paintings done in Acrylic and/or Oil…and some of them are already in famous collections all over the globe. The originals that are available for purchase range in price from $ 695 to $ 4,500 based on sizes. There are also prints available.

For more details see our website: www.vanhulstart.com .

For special requests please send an email to susanne49@yahoo.com

or call: 305-395-0326.

My Wordless Sunday #13 - in Charleston SC

Red and White

I'm just not in the mood for too many words today - and these two beauties don't need any words, I guess.... :-)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Is this a Bonsai....?

It's a Bonsai growing there out of the stump of a tree...? :-)

Turtle Ballet

Stretch 1-2-3..... stretch 1-2-3..... stretch 1-2-3.....

Springtime Flowers

One of the last blooming Azaleas

Shasta Daisy flowers are blooming wild in the grass

I'm not sure if these are Jasmin flowers - but for sure, I remember the very sweet smell

New green leaves on the old Oak tree full with Spanish Moss hanging

This Azalea bush was the only one still full with flowers

And the Eagle flies...

This was the first time in my life I have seen eagles flying in the wild so close. I wish, I would have had my longer 600mm lens with me to capture those "Bald Head Eagles" better! There were for sure five of them circling over my head, loud screaming - while down in the water the fisher man enjoyed the tranquility of the Cooper River and tried to catch some good pieces for his dinner.

Spring Green and a Ride in Country Side

Francis Marion Gate on Goatfield Plantation

Where are all the horses here?

Let's take a walk!

Light is everything

New spring green leaves, the clear blue sky and the Angel Oak

The gate to the ranch

My Wordless Sunday #12 - in Charleston,SC

The Angel Oak in Spring

I have visited the old "Angel Oak" again, I wanted to see her in her new "spring time dress". But there were 3 buses waiting outside the parking lot and for sure more than over 120 school kids running around and climbing up and down in the tree like little monkeys. So I had to wait until the big fun was over and they are gone - and happily, 10 minutes later the whole place was empty again, quite again and only the singing birds and my clicking camera to hear.


I made earlier already a post about the "Angel Oak",read it here: http://sues-daily-photos.blogspot.com/2008/02/angel-oak.html

A Down Town Stroll

The Custom House

The glass facade of the Art Institute of Charleston

First Presbyterian Church, founded in 1731

Nathaniel Russel House (1808) at Meeting Street, a property of
Historic Charleston Foundation

James Simmons House, founded at 1760 at 37 Meeting Street

Charleston Kaleidoscope #3

Tuesday Mix

Orchids in Cypress Gardens

Somewhere in Down Town

A backyard sculpture

Gate to the cemetery

Spring has sprung...

Charles Towne Landing - A State Historic Site

The spot where the first settlers arrived with their ship and first stepped on land

A full size replica of a sailing ship

On many spots in the park you can see the archaeologists at work

The entrance gate to the Legare-Waring House

The authentic experimental crop garden

An elegant live oak alle’ and the Legare-Waring House

The sign explains briefly the history behind the Legare-Waring House

Front view of the entrance of the Legare-Waring House

Pretty marsh scene at the landing place

It was just a beautiful spring day



Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site

Cannons boom. Muskets bark. Interpretive rangers in 17th century dress tend heirloom crops. They’re all part of the “new” Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site.

Here a group of English settlers landed in 1670 and established what would become the birthplace of the Carolinas colony, the plantation system of the American South, and one of the continent’s first major port cities. And here the story is still told.

Opened in 1970 as Charles Towne Landing State Park, the peaceful park on a marshy point off the Ashley River was rebuilt in 2006 with a sharpened focus on the site’s remarkable past. Begin with the 12-room, interactive museum in the Visitors Center that includes a “digital dig”. Then walk the self-guided history trail, using the MP3 players that add an audio tour to the experience.

Admire the Adventure, a full-size replica sailing ship built onsite, and the authentic experimental crop garden.

Talk to archaeologists at work. And leave time for the Animal Forest natural habitat zoo and 80 acres of gardens that includes an elegant live oak alle’ and the Legare-Waring House, one of Charleston’s favorite sites for weddings and other special gatherings.

Read more about here

My wordless Sunday #11 - in Charleston, SC