Southern Charm

Charleston, SC

Like Giant Harps

The Cooper River Bridge in Charleston, SC is the longest cable stay bridge in North America. The analogy to harps is appropriate since Charleston is called "The Holy City" for the number of church steeples visible from the harbor.





Cooper River Video

Mums the Word

"Mums the word" means to keep quiet about something.
Blooming mums are anything but quiet as they boldly announce that autumn is here.

Mexican Heather

Magnolia Seed Pods

Another sign of fall
The magnolia pods are turning crimson and their seeds are popping out. The birds and squirrels will be happy.

Fall bloom

on the shamrocks.

Murrells Inlet

Mallards

Pawley's Island Shops

Ornamental Pepper Plant

Waccamaw Farms Nursery

Rainy Day Blues

Today is a an overcast, dreary, rainy day ...


but this photo from Sunday helps brighten it.

Gulf Fritillary on Lantana

Long-tailed Skipper

Small Skipper in the Grass

Dragonfly

Another dragonfly but my real goal is to capture a photo of an elusive damselfly.

Silver-spotted Skipper

Blue Barrels on the Beach

So this is how they empty those blue barrels.

Down to the Beach

Heron on the Boardwalk

Reflection

Tricolored Heron

Gulf Fritillary

The Gulf Fritillary takes its name from the fact that migrating flights of the butterflies are sometimes seen over the Gulf of Mexico.

No Fishing

Freshwater lagoon

Huntington Beach State Park

Tricolored Herons

Young tricolored herons in the marsh at Huntington Beach State Park. As they mature they will become more blue-gray.

Chimney Swifts

An old chimney at First United Methodist Church is providing a sanctuary for a large group of Chimney Swifts. These Neotropical migrants will leave by the first cold-front that blows through in the fall and will spend the winter in the Amazon Basin of Peru.

From the Archives

John F. Kennedy visited my hometown of Springfield, Ohio when he was running for president in 1960. I took this photo with my little Argus camera when he spoke in the football stadium at Wittenberg University.

Coiled Proboscis

Click and enlarge this photo to see the coiled proboscis on this hummingbird moth.

Dinner Time

Owens family farm

Jeffersonville, Ohio

Autumn is Getting Closer

the sedum is beginning to bloom.

Painted Lady on Sedum

Owens family farm
Jeffersonville, Ohio

Clouded Sulphur

Window Nest