Pretty Things

Neat Things....

Neat things on a neat day :)  Hope everyone had a great weekend!!

Happy Birthday Brother!!

My Brother...Deaf by megintis...hard headed by choice..    Here is  a  picture of him when he was  a baby and the other when when he was about 23..  He became hard of hearing when he was about 3 so he has no recollection of the ability to hear...he is however, a talented artist, it's in our blood!!  My Aunt does art, my grandad did art, and now i'm dabbling in it!!  The Buffalo is a sketch that Eddie, my brother, did on a whim when he was visting..  The birthday gift is for him to start using art as an outlet because he's doubtful of his gift and talent, maybe my gift for his 26 birthday will make him start up again :)

New art card!!

It's my new art card..i call it mosaic heart...it just came to me one day and i drew it.  A heart is so many things combined in one.  Colors, life, beauty, and awesomeness.  It's something that we are blessed with and can't live without.  It pumps the energy and blood and life through our body so we can be......






(I wish the colors were more vibrant, my camera isn't the best right now)

Hope everyone has a fabulous Valentines Day!!  Big hugs are from Mr. Snowman that was made from the snowstorm yesterday!!

Snow in the South...

  Well i'll be darned,  this i thought i never would see!!  The forecast was calling for snow, but we all know that sometimes you just say, "okay weather man we'll see about that".  To my surprise, on my way home from work i saw some "white stuff", by the time 7 or 8pm rolled around it was in full force!!  Kids were outside running around laughing and playing and i could only grab my camera quick enough.  Later in the morning i took some of the snow before the beautiful warm sun decided to peek through the clouds and melt all the gorgeous white dust..... 

Boone Hall Plantation pictures....

Avenue of Elms, 300 years old

Boone Hall House, residents still use the upstairs to this day!!

Back of Boone Hall House   

Flowering Apricots   

Elm with alot of Spanish Moss

how has this branch not broke it is huge!

The oldest tree on the farm....600 yrs old!!

            

A friend in the nearby stables :)

Cotton

Ferns that grow on the elms..turn bright green with rain and dark brown like the trunk when there hasn't been rain.

Over all it was a great time and i'm glad i went.  It had a butterfly garden with i will look forward to going to in the spring.  I learned a lot about the plantation and the inside of the house was AMAZING.  Unfortunately we weren't allow to take pictures inside :( 

The house has been in a few movies that you might of heard of...The Notebook, North and South, and Queen. 

The gardens looked so neat, of course now is not the time to take pictures because nothing is in bloom, but i will be back to capture that this spring ;) 

 

Plantation Visit....

So i'm super excited because tomorrow i took the day off and my friend and I are going to visit one of the most filmed, photographed and visited plantations in the south....Boone Hall Plantation!  This picture is what is to come, unfortunately, not taken by myself  :(  However, by the end of the day i will be happily posting all the photographs that i will take when i arrive!  Very excited!  check out the website..boonehallplantation.com......to be continued......

Frozen In South Carolina

The past few weeks in South Carolina have looked like the following........brrrrrrrr!!!

Saturday Purchase

Since we were downtown Charleston on Saturday, right across from the restaurant we went to lunch at had a small arts and crafts store with all local artists in the surrounding area.  I found a neat vase to add to my collection.  I love blue so i think it well with the other blue hues i've accumulated over the years!

Saturday

So on Saturday it was such a nice day that we headed downtown and i took a handful of pictures that i thought were neat.  Just some of the local things nearby that represent Charleston.