City Visit

 We had appointments and errands the other day in Charleston

I always enjoy the long country drive back to the city, such pretty scenery.

The cotton fields are starting to bloom:

And this peanut field will be ready to harvest soon:

City scenes:

a common sight on city apartment balconies----surfboards, kayaks and paddle boards to take to Kiawah, Sullivan's Island, Isle of Palms, or maybe Folly Beach

Lots of outdoor dining options to choose from:

These city streets were my playground for so many years....it's always good to see them once again........and the memories.

Fairy Granddaughter likes to tell the story of how George Washington danced at the big ball with all the ladies in this building

pretty Rainbow Row

Lots of boats at the marina, and I spotted a few fancy yachts

Saw some of my old friends. LOL. Years ago when we lived there, I knew some of the horses by name. I loved to visit the horse barns and we took Fairy Granddaughter there as well.  I didn't see my FAVORITE black horse out on the streets today though.

its too early yet, but this is one of my favorites during the Fall and Thanksgiving season, they decorate the steps  really pretty.

I got to admire bunches of the beautiful window boxes that I love:

a few crepe myrtle blooms still hanging on.........

It was hot, but lots of people were out and about

I only got one picture of St. Michaels

The very FIRST piece of history I taught Fairy Granddaughter was all about Rutledge House

We went all over, Church Street, Meeting street, Calhoun, the Battery, South of Broad, and here we are on Tradd:

I've made many picture of these cold marble steps over the years, even posing Tansy and my dolls on them, LOL

I didn't get a picture of it, but I noticed the old Calhoun Mansion on Meeting street is now called "Williams Mansion", which was the original name, in 1875.

 The house was filmed for the North and the South as the (George) "Hazard" mansion. One of the most famous scenes is Kirstie Alley up on the front balcony.

 I'm not sure if you can still tour it, but it's filled with Gilded age treasures, art, and chandeliers. It has 35 rooms and twenty something fireplaces, and four stories.

Here's baby Orrie's house. I call it that because this is the house where they filmed in the North and the South mini tv series, Madeline gave birth to Orrie's baby boy.

Here's the Coburg Cow. Her name is Bessie and She's been here since 1959. She sits up on a platform about 10 feet up and was put there at what used to be the entrance to the old Coburg Dairy farm. After the farm closed, Bessie stayed.

She stays there, EXCEPT for hurricanes, so folks look to her as a weather predictor and jokingly say "un oh, it's going to be bad, they took Bessie  DOWN". LOL

They dress her up for Christmas, next to an egg nog bottle instead of her milk bottle,  and for graduation season in the spring, for Mardi Gras and other holidays. Its fun to see her costumes.

She still  had her 4th of July outfit on when we passed by last week. Maybe they are leaving it for Labor Day?

Here she was during Mardi Gras when we went by earlier this year:

I wanted to walk down one of my favorite Charleston alleys

love the patina on this old hitching post!

Cathedral of St John the Baptist

We stopped at our favorite restaurant/deli for supper

And then Mr. Front Porch treated me to my favorite creme filled donuts! 

We had a beautiful sunset on the drive back home.

Hope your week is going well and y'all are staying cool. The heat wave and humidity is hanging on here.

A bit of cooler Fall weather would be welcome!

Summer Rain

 It's a beautiful rain soaked day!

we love to walk in the rain, would you like to join us?

John Sloane country calendar

nice big puddles all over! LOL

couldn't resist............HAD TO splatter and splash! LOL

the birdbaths are full and everything is getting clean and refreshed

Rain washed Old Maids

Our first baby watermelon this summer:

glistening leaves

Then we spotted a beautiful rainbow

and I wanted to show you one of our latest thrift shop finds:

It was dirty and yucky, Mr. Front Porch cleaned it up and painted it black. Still not sure where we're hanging it.

they love being out in the rain!

the next day:

our yard was full of these!

This time of summer we get nice thundershowers pretty much every afternoon, sometimes one in the morning as well.

We love them unless there's bad winds!

Hope your summer is coming along nicely.

I have to apologize for not commenting or blogging as much as normal.....please forgive me and bear with me. 

The twins we adopted this Spring are keeping me BUSY! As in.....I rarely have a spare moment, they are literally toddlers I am chasing all day. Toddlers about one year old with TEENAGE attitude, ha ha LOL! (in doggie years, they are teenagers)

They are into everything, we had to "baby proof" our house, ha ha. They had had zero training, and were waaay behind because usually dogs have been taught these things months before they came to us. 

Betsie

Peggie Jo

They are very happy, loving, affectionate girls and SMART AS WHIPS (what my Ma-Maw would say, LOL). LordhaveMERCY, they sure have alot of ENERGY. 

Betsie Tacy

I'm NOT complaining, I am loving it and I went into this fully knowing what to expect. LOL

Adoption Day

They are rescues and had never lived inside a house before, or had regular food. Toys, blankets, treats, training, LOVE, was ALL NEW to them.

Peggie

Peggie Jo

The are now fully housetrained and have alot of tricks. Other commands we are still working on and there is improvement-----like a bad habit of jumping up on us.

But I have fallen in love with these two little tornadoes and they bring so much JOY into our home.

Can you tell I love making lots of pictures of them? ha ha LOL

Merry Weekend, and stay cool in this heat wave.