Winter Weekend

We had a real nice weekend here and hope y'all did as well!
Saturday we drove over to the beach after we got haircuts. There was a pretty sunset:

Sunday we took a long walk and a drive!

What a pretty day! "everybody and their dog" was out!, as the old saying goes! LOL

making friends

and squirrels!

and horses too!

Clip Clop Clip Clop.....I love to hear the sound of the horses on our streets!

Waiting for customers.....
today I thought I'd take you and show you one of my favorite Charleston yards, and favorite GATES!

This house was built by John Harth, a planter and lumber merchant, around 1797. He purchased the lot from Mr. William Gibbs, owner of the big Gibbes Wharf that was all in front of this property back in the 18th century. He put his busy lumber mill right at the foot of the property.

This beautiful garden area was built  right over where tidal marshes used to be. Mr. Harth's logs once floated to his successfull lumber yard right here. He later sold it to Thomas Legare around 1816.

Mr. Legare's executor sold it to Henry A. Middleton in 1843.
The house had severe damage from the big earthquake of 1886 and the older piazzas were re-built as enclosed living space.
 The Middleton family had the home for about 70 years, selling it in the early 1900's to Doctor Pettus and his wife, Daisy. Daisy was born in New Orleans, and her family came from Ireland.
 They finished up the restoration of this home and famous landscape architect and gardener, Loutrel Briggs put in this gorgeous garden.

Mr. Briggs has been credited for being responsible for the development and style of so many of our Charleston gardens and his gardens are surely a legacy to us. So many of his garden designs still exist today, and although he worked on many landscaping projects on the grounds and in the gardens of   the big plantations, I read that there are well over 100 of his gardens in our downtown area. That's ALOT of gardens!

I think that's a sundial, right?

Carriages used to go in and out of these big gates:

Out on the stone wall

This sweet doggie wanted to be friendly:

Other sights from the day:

Pretty colors on this bird bath!

It was a real pretty day to be out for a walk and tomorrow it's supposed to be about 73 degrees here, so we plan to be outside.