Friendship and Green Ivy

House in Down Town Charleston

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces;
but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.
~Richard Burton~




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Postcards from Charleston #2

Carriage tours on Kings Street

Flowers, flowers everywhere...

Sight through the fence

Light and shadows - and colorful houses

And peaceful places with inviting benches, this all is Charleston!



Well, we are happy again. The storm is over, moved up North and was not that bad at all, nothing close to that what they were predicting. We got a lot of rain and almost no wind or gusts and here where I'm living it felt like no storm at all, just rain and nothing else.

Coming from Key West I know now how to handle Hurricanes and evacuations and just now I'm crossing my fingers for my friends down there, who HAVE to evacuate from "Ike" coming pretty soon over the island.

In the Streets of Charleston, SC

A small lane down at the Rainbow Raw

House front across of the Rainbow Raw with pretty flowers - the lantern is burning already

Cobble stone street and brick houses - this scene has a very European look for me

These big white flower trees are blooming everywhere over town
(also in other very strong and gorgeous red colors)

Nice house front close down by the water

That's my apartment - I wish to have..... :-)

Last sunbeam on the house front

I love it very much to stroll the streets and all the small lanes of Charleston - and it's beautiful the most in the beginning warm evening lights.

Sorry, but I don't know the names of all these houses or streets - I'm enjoying more the details and the atmosphere of the moment. And when my camera clicks and I know, that I captured a nice scene in a good picture, that's what makes me happy.

That''s all what I need.... stay tuned, there will be more to come!

Doors and Gates in Charleston #3

A small door on King Street, maybe for small people only? Isn't it pretty?

The nice inviting entrance to a lush garden

A elegant gate to a very pretty made garden

Entrance to a big beautiful and elegant house on South Battery

These are some photos out of my collection "Doors and Gates in Charleston" and there are many more in my archives - so stay tuned!

I hope you enjoy it like I did!

Charlestons Beautyful Architecture

Why am I not living in these gorgeous houses at South Battery in Charleston?

Well, I guess I have to work much harder from now on to earn the money it needs to pay the mortgage on these beautiful preferred living spaces.....! :-)

Door & Gates in Charleston #2

This are only some of all the beautiful and remarkable house doors and gates at King Street and Meeting Street in Charleston.

And believe me, there are many, many more streets and I have photographed many, many more doors and gates. I will show them to you in little series like this over the coming days or weeks.

I hope you'll enjoy it like I did. I could fill a book only with this subject. :-)

On That Lazy Afternoon....

A hidden water fountain

Big beautiful porches on Meeting Street

A beautiful house, a nice sculpture and wonderful cypress trees in this pretty garden, also on Meeting Street

This are some details from my recent walk in Down Town,
seen on King Street

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

Tuesday Mix

Orchids in Cypress Gardens

Somewhere in Down Town

A backyard sculpture

Gate to the cemetery

Spring has sprung...

Doors and Gates in Charleston

And there are many, many more of these beautiful doors and gates in this wonderful town! I hope you enjoyed these series.

House Fronts

I love to find pretty architectural details in all those wonderful Charleston houses: nice porches, wonderful house doors or gates or like in these series: all kind of so beautiful house fronts.