"Following where my camera leads me!"

"Following where my camera leads me!"

Thursday, May 14, 2015

A Secret Garden

This is a churchyard we love to walk around in. 




I am always in awe of the workmanship and attention to detail in these old buildings, homes, and churches. They truly  don't "build 'em like that anymore".
the church was built in 1787 and is the oldest Unitarian church in the South. I loved photographing the Gothic Revival style.










Gnarly old trees:


Peaceful paths lead past ancient crumbling stones......
and overgrown gardens show off vibrant blooms.
Lacey Spanish moss is so delicate and sways lightly in the spring breezes.


Trees canopy the paths and cause flickering shadows.


Underneath palm trees and magnolias, here is a quiet and peaceful place to sit awhile or enjoy a sack lunch.






Another Charleston churchyard...a very interesting and relaxing way to while away a spring afternoon...in a "secret garden".

Its "Good Fences Day"! Linking up with Tex for the "good fences party"

15 comments:

  1. Pretty images from Charleston! I love the gate and entrance on the first shot. And the blossoms are gorgeous.. Have a happy day!

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  2. beautiful entrance gate and unique with the lamp, too! a lovely area. i can see why you like it.

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  3. Wonderful post. The entryway gate to the church yard is gorgeous. I so enjoyed your tour through the grounds and seeing the church and the lovely flowers and the graves.

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  4. What a lovely post! The garden is gorgeous and the gate so pretty. Thanks for popping in to see me.
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia ;)

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  5. What a beautiful place . . . I would go walking there, too.

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  6. Awesome presentation. You are right tings are not built like the old days.

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  7. What a lovely city you live in, makes me want to visit :)

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  8. Lovely ornate. Gate and a great place to wander around

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  9. Your photos are so nice. Love the architecture of the church.

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  10. I love walking the churchyards of Charleston. The gravestones tell so many stories. It is also good to be in the vertical position rather than the horizontal position like the residents.

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  11. Beautiful garden and the church is gorgeous. I wish we had churches like that around here. All we have is the modern ones.

    I can't believe you caught photos of a white squirrel! He was really cute :)

    xo

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  12. I love taking these walks with you around this lovely city, seeing architectural details up close through your camera. It would be nice to sit on that bench and eat a sack lunch, and maybe talk with you! Fortunate woman to live where you do, and to appreciate it as you do.

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  13. What struck me most of all was the memorial to the "enslaved workers" who built their church. This was a lovely post.

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  14. WOW!! What an awesome church cemetery!!
    You take fantastic pictures and especially enjoy the walk through the cemetery!!
    I have a family cemetery outside of Forsyth, GA (north of Macon) which is out in the middle of a cow pasture - they used concrete and seashells to cover the top of the graves of all the children buried in the cemetery!! I had never seen this before!!
    Thank you for sharing!!

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