"Following where my camera leads me!"

"Following where my camera leads me!"

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Merry St. Patricks Day!

 Merry St. Patricks Day, Y'all!





and welcome, Daylight Savings Time! Finally!

What time is it, Tansy?

Time for longer days!









We have some of those good sugar cookies!
I photographed this house in Charleston a couple of years ago. Fun!




St. Patricks day arm candy


I gave this handkerchief to Fairy Granddaughter

Fairy Granddaughter told me when the yellow dandelions come up, then Spring is officially here!

All the trees are flowering and budding!
Anyone know what kind of tree this is?

The Carolina Jessamine is still blooming


Fields are sure getting green again. These horses look happy
our petunias are blooming again

Does anyone know what this tree is?

Wishing y'all a nice healthy happy peaceful week coming up and thanks for stopping in to see me!

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Wintertime Mills House visit


I'd like to show y'all how pretty the Mills House in Charleston, is inside. I love walking around in there and our little fairy granddaughter loves to walk around and see the "pretty shiny floors.! LOL
 A couple of months ago, The hotel was  decorated all pretty for Christmas. Everything looks so bright and festive.......and hopeful, doesn't it? 
With Valentines now past, I figure I should go ahead and get this posted, since Spring is now on the way! LOL
I do like looking back at holiday decor though....







GLIMPSE INSIDE THE WINDOW

Oh what a gorgeous chandelier!!
Not sure which one, but one of the chandeliers in the pretty lobby came from Belle Meade Plantation in Nashville, Tennessee
Now you can see why granddaughter always talks about "the SHINY FLOORS" lol

I love this old telephone, and granddaughter is pretty fascinated with it. Isn't it neat?

Christmas tree reflecting in the floor

all kinds of beautiful little nooks in the big lobby

I love peacocks!! So I loved this big white one!! Had to make his picture!



Enjoying supper!




Pretty things in the hallways



I love this purple wall!! (before our kids grew up)--When we lived in the victorian house, our front parlour was this exact color. 


I love the fireplace and I love the mirror too....so I had Mr. Front Porch make my picture here


Poinsettias, pine cones, and gold ribbon
I love their courtyard too....and the splashing fountain!
They had heaters out here, but they were not needed this night....it was pretty warm. I don't think we even wore coats that night.



This little old pocketbook is so old! Years ago I glued snowmen, beads, and rhinestones on it.
the old windowsill ( hotel was built 1853, badly damaged, mostly demolished,. then reconstructed in the 1960s I believe. They were able to save and use most of the original fancy ironwork) seemed like a good place for this picture of my little old pocketbook! LOL
Here's what the hotel looked originally:
National Archives
It was originally five stories and it is now seven stories, with about 200 rooms I think.
Hope you enjoyed walking around in the hotel with us today! I always love their Christmas decorations, so pretty!