I love crisp, clear images, especially with golden light! Look at the water, it almost looks black in this shot. I took this photo on a dock at Bowens Island (Charleston, SC) – while waiting for the sun to go down. What a beautiful location! Why is it so peaceful being near water? I love it!
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The words on this sign could not be any more true.
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I am loving these dramatic skies! The lines through the blue, the swirls of clouds, the darkness of the trees – makes for a nice walk for sure! The Greenway goes on for miles, towards the end it seems like you go back in time, an old bridge and peace and quiet! Just beautiful!
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The other day we stopped at Bowens Island and I took a few (ha) photos – I love how the warm light is hitting the wood walls in this image – I also think it’s so cool how it looks like a framed painting hanging on the wall, it’s a window – looking out onto what you see when at Bowens Island. Beautiful!
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I keep politics out of my social media and blogging – for many reasons… Trust me, this has been a tough election to keep quiet about.
Be sure to get out and vote today (this is as political as I get) – it’s an honor and a privilege! This is an older photo, makes me smile. Enjoy your day!
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Bowens Island Restaurant has been around for quite a while, with good reason! Their seafood is so fresh you just won’t believe it! Bowens is a very popular place for those who live in Charleston as well as those visiting. It has been written up in many top magazines – and when you pull in and look at it, it’s NOT fancy, not even a little. Thank goodness! Fanciness would not go well with the Bowens Island atmosphere. It’s down to earth and the food is divine, and the view… OH! THE VIEW!
Fred and I were there for his birthday and the seafood was as fresh as always. Lightly battered, which I love – the fried shrimp is our favorite!
If you’re in the Charleston, SC area, check it out – They are closed on SUNDAY and MONDAY, so remember that. Also, take your camera, the sunsets are over the top!
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Playing catch up right now, posting photos this week, back to normal next week!!
I love this reflection of the gas light on the brick. Often times I see such cool shadows and I think about how I would love to trace them and then paint them, ha ha… especially this one tree on a neighboring street, the shadows from the leaves on the tree onto the street are stunning! I’m always looking for something to take a photo of (sorry, Fred), and this caught my eye on the way out the door.
Happy day, don’t miss the little things (like shadows), they can be pretty spectacular!
And just in case… did you remember to set your clocks back one hour last night? If so, woohoo! If not… hmmmm, may want to unless you’re in an area that doesn’t participate in Daylight Saving time.
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Just a reminder to set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed tonight – “FALL BACK” – thereby gaining one hour of sleep – hot diggity!
Ever wonder about Daylight Saving Time? Read HERE from Almanac.com – short and interesting!
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SOLVED: Study #17 (Charlie) by Elizabeth Pollie
Elizabeth Pollie painted a series of studies a few years ago, one study a day for 30 days, Charlie was #17. Click HERE to see a post written about this a while back, it shows the image that she used. I cannot imagine how someone can capture (especially via a photograph) an animal so perfectly! This painting is a favorite, and means a lot!
Over the next few months (until I run out of paintings), I am posting one of our paintings and then seeing who can GUESS THE ARTIST.
Do you know the name of this artist?
Comment on my Facebook page or on this blog…
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The 21 Bayou La Batre Way House Plan by Our Town Plans is a 2,642 square foot plan with 4 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms. This plan offers a guest suite above the garage as well as a bunk room! I love how they connected the garage to the house with a screen porch, very nice! In addition to all of this wonderfulness, there is a fabulous front porch! So much room for entertaining or just plain living the good life!
Be sure to check out the details of this plan, wow!
Such a simple but knock-out floorpan! It has everything you need! It begins with a wonderful porch, then a great living room, kitchen/dining, master bedroom, bathroom, closet, powder room. I think it’s a wonderful use of space to connect the house and garage/guest suite with a screen porch, which adds fresh air to the dining room, always a treat!
The upstairs has two bedrooms, each with their own bathroom and closet, as well as a bunk room – what fun is that?!! Above the garage sits a nice guest suite, which is always handy and quite nice for visitors! Room for a kitchenette (coffee pot and small fridge maybe), and their own bathroom. This house has beautiful lines, be sure to check out Our House Plans website to see real images for this house.
All images via OurTownPlans.com, used with permission…
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Wow, what a painting! Matthew Cornell’s paintings make you feel as if you are right there… watching the embers in the air, feeling the cool breeze on one side of you while the fire heats the other side, hearing the crackling of the wood – fabulous painting!
I saw this recently on Matthew’s Facebook page – can you believe someone can capture a wave so well? The foaminess, those wonderful greens and blues the warm color of the sand, the MOVEMENT is so perfect. Be sure to check out ore of Matthew’s painting on his website, Instagram and Facebook! You won’t believe how fabulous!
Read a bit about Matthew, from the Arcadia Contemporary Gallery website:
“Matthew Cornell was born in Fairfield, CA in 1964. His first memories are of traveling across the United States in a car. His childhood was, in a sense, the quintessential American experience, because the notion of a “road trip” was conceived and perpetrated by Americans. The automobile and the family trip was, and still is, ours. It is these experiences driving across this land at a young age that formed his way of seeing things. Cornell says, ”Every year we travelled across the US and I spent most of my time looking out of the window and observing the landscape and weather. We moved a lot and I got to see almost every part of this country. It was a blessing. It made me aware of the variety and the vastness the US has to offer.”
Weather became the dominant influence on his early landscape painting. “I have always been fascinated by the extremes of weather and the power of nature,” he says. “It is in a constant state of creation and destruction, of origin and destination. With every day, the planet begins anew. Nature seeks equilibrium. It is in a never ending cycle.” Cornell prefers the sublime and meditative observations of land and seascape, the narrative of majestic weather, and somber cloudscapes sweeping across the land and vast empty sea.
Recently his paintings have turned more complex, with dusk and night scenes, streetlights on secluded homes. The visual backdrop has allowed a subtle narrative of mystery and intrigue. “Landscapes at this hour are like ghosts that are unseen during the day, only to be revealed by the strange and myriad ways the night time glows”, Cornell says. These narratives include neighborhoods that mirror the kind he grew up in and the longing he now has to find home. “I spent a great deal of my childhood moving and this has greatly influenced my new work. I am searching for that elusive notion of where I come from and where I belong.”
Cornell has been part of many group, solo, and museum shows since 1997. He now lives and maintains a studio in Orlando, FL.”
All images via MatthewCornell.com, used with permission…
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A quiche with dramatic presentation! Puff pastry gives quiche a little life! Almost like a piece of art.
Why puff pastry instead of a pie crust? Well, we were expecting a hurricane last month, and when you know it could possibly be on its way, well, that’s a really good time to start eating out of your freezer. Use up what you have stored. I had one sheet of puff pastry, and I had two dozen eggs in the fridge, so, what to do? That sounded like a quiche to me, but how? Well after a little research I found recipes with the ingredients that I had on hand, or at least roughly, so I made it. It turned out both beautiful and delicious, this would be a perfect brunch dish, I served it with a pretty salad (had to use up the remaining lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc.).
This was so easy, it can hardly be called a recipe! – Click HERE to print this recipe from Bon Appetit!
My notes to the original recipe below… I was trying to use up what I had, so I made a few changes. I only had 1 tablespoon of cream cheese, so I used it, I used part milk and part half and half, I used a bag of fresh spinach that I sautéed until it wilted, and I used more than 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese. – everything else was done as shown below and it was divine! I think next time I make it I will still use fresh spinach, or maybe crispy bacon and gruyere cheese??
1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed (1/2 (of a) 17 1/4-ounce package)
1 3-ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
1/3 cup half and half
3 eggs
1 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed drained
1/2 cup grated cheddar
1/4 cup grated Parmesan
2 green onions, sliced
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Preheat oven to 425°F. Roll puff pastry to 11-inch square. Transfer to 9-inch diameter glass pie plate. Trim edges. Beat cream cheese in medium bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in half and half and eggs. Mix in remaining ingredients. Pour mixture into prepared crust. Bake until crust is golden brown and filling is set, about 25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before serving.
And THIS is the beauty that you will pull out of the oven, almost hard to cut into, it’s just so pretty! PS, Fred said it heated up great the next day!
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While in Maine earlier this fall, Fred and I drove around Rockport – a cool city with some really beautiful homes. When we came upon this house, whhhoooooa! STOP! Backup! Need a photo! Thought this would be the perfect Happy Halloween/Happy Fall photo! What an inviting entry, a beautiful door (fabulous paint color!), love the star, the American Flag is so stunning against this backdrop, the pretty flowers and of course, the pumpkins! How creative!
Wishing you a 🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃, and most of all a joyous fall! Catch you back here tomorrow!
Fall has got to be my favorite month. Spring is nice with all the flowers and trees blooming, but it also means hot weather is on its way. Summer is just hot and humid. Winter is nice here in South Carolina, so I have no complaints, I like it, but… Fall is my favorite – when those humid days change to something beautiful where you can be outside without melting – definitely my favorite. It’s so beautiful, even with all the leaves and acorns. It’s all good, I love to be outside this time of year!
These are Monhegan (Maine) pumpkins, I thought they made for a pretty fall photo!
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I took this photo while out walking… October skies really are the best, they’re just so dramatic. This was a sunrise over the marsh near us. I could have just stood there and watched the entire show, but Charlie was ready to move on!
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