Living in a "hot zone"

We are told that we are a hot spot now. And that we have over 1500-2200 confirmed new cases per day (with the most being right here in Charleston) and the numbers are rapidly increasing. We are also told that our county has the highest number of deaths.
"stay away from South Carolina--the locals are not taking the virus seriously  " wrote Kathleen Parker in her Opinion piece for the
Washington  Post a couple of days ago.
She also said that social distancing is a joke here.
How is it in your city or town?
 Does it look like ours?

a hot summer walk

Well, it just keeps getting hotter and hotter here.............so the walks are getting slower for sure. Heat index the past few days up to close to 108. We don't venture too far but at least we are walking every day--at least a little.

This scene looks nice and cool, doesn't it?

Peeking into pretty gardens.......

Enjoying pretty flowers, gardens, and gates.

Here's a pretty little water feature:

Lovely stature hiding out in the greenery

Dinner and a Movie:

Lemon Chicken with angel hair pasta in a lemony creamy sauce-tossed with parsley, peppers, mushrooms and onions. It takes awhile as I marinate the chicken overnight in lemon juice and then you bake it and also prepare the pasta--but it's worth it. LOL

Tonight's movie was "Payback" (1997) with Mary Tyler Moore as a 4 Star restaurant owner who witnesses police brutality late at night outside her restaurant. The corrupt officer she is called to testify against, and who has a long history of police brutality, vows revenge on her. He makes her life miserable and full of fear and even attacks her husband and her adult son. Ed Asner stars as the Internal Affairs lieutenant in the police department  who handles the case.
It was a good movie and I liked it.
Mary Tyler Moore, what a classy lady.

I started this book this week, so far it's really good! Set in the 1940s, my favorite era for movies and one of my favorite eras for books. Anyone read it?

Hope your weekend is going well and everyone IS STAYING COOL!!!

Lets go in this pretty house!

Look at the beautiful carvings on the door!

Welcome!--to one of my favorite old houses here in Charleston! Come in, come in! I would love to show y'all around!
This gorgeous old bannister post greets us!

This bannister looks to me like if you turned or twisted it just right, maybe a secret door to a secret room would swing open somewhere, LOL! Or if you knew the secret little spring/hatch thing one of those wood levels would lift up and you might find a  beautiful golden locket and a tragic love letter  from 1887 or so.....

Just think of all the hands that have touched, grabbed, and polished this thing over the years....

........and how many families have gone up and down these steps. This house was built in 1885, so it has seen alot of history.

"There is comfort in old houses,
like a mother's arms
 or a friend's kind words,
There is joy in time-scarred timbers, 
in slated roofs and boards.
I am one with an old house,
I am one with it's pains and joys.
An old house shared the travail of my mother,
an old house shared my baby toys.
Old houses have a blessed look,
that is one with God's great plan.
Old houses have a tenderness,
from the baby's crawl to the stride of the old man.
I am one with an old house,
I am one with it's kind embrace.
An old house shared my mother's love.
An old house knew my mother's lovely face.
.....Homer D'Lettuso

Pretty fireplaces and bay windows

They have totally re-done the kitchen.

It's all modern now.

These tall doors lead out to the breezy piazzas upstairs and down alike. On a hot summer day in Charleston, ALL YOU WANT TO do is sit out there, maybe in a rocking chair! LOL

Howdy, Y'all! I see you up there!

I have always loved these pretty stained glass windows upstairs!

they totally gutted and re-did this garden....it is still pretty but I loved the old fashioned garden that used to be here, and it had a nice arch down at the end, with vines.

This is what the house looked like several years ago......

.......and this is it now.

Another picture from years ago:

and the home now:

Glad you came with us! Hope you enjoyed seeing this pretty house!