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Since the weather has been better, Chopper and I have taken a habit of going somewhere for a day hike on Sundays.  This week, we visited Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge, near Hilton Head.

I am a sucker for a good live oak canopy.
Live oak canopy

Tons of birds at Pinckney Island — great blue and little blue herons, snowy, cattle, and great egrets, ibis, moorhens, soras, bluebirds, kingfishers, and more.  The egrets and ibises have staked out one particular pond as their rookery.
Egret rookery

Most of these are juvenile white ibis.
Juvenile white ibises

White ibis don’t become fully white until they’re out of their juvenile phase.  I love them.  They’re slightly awkward looking birds.
Juvenile white ibis

And, as would be expected in a good South Carolina wetlands, alligators of the large and small variety:Alligator

Little gator

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Snowy photos, part one

I didn’t take the Nikon out in the heavy, rather wet snow we got last night but my cell phone did pretty good.  I’m setting my alarm for early in the morning and I’m hoping to shoot some before everything melts tomorrow.

Chopper and I wandered up to Marion Square, the biggest park in downtown Charleston.  It was gorgeous with the snow coming down like mad.  This had all accumulated in about 45 minutes to an hour.

Benches in Marion Square

Me, with the only hat I own and my duck boots.
Winter Heather


Chopper:
Winter Chopper

Marion Square

Marion Square

Marion Square

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To the Bat Cave!

We took a long weekend trip to Bat Cave, NC, up in the Hickory Nut Gorge. I can’t recommend the house (Creekside Mountain Retreat, privately rented) enough if you’re looking for a quiet place to stay.

The cottage:
Bat Cave cabin

Living room:
Bat Cave cabin

View from the sunroom on the other side of the fireplace:
Bat Cave cabin

View from the back door:
Bat Cave cabin view

My official photo of the week:

Bat Cave cabin view

A bit of snow shoveling was required to get down to the deck and backyard:
Bat Cave cabin view

Hot tub by the creek:
Hot tub view at Bat Cave

The view up the creek from the hot tub:
Bat Cave cabin view

Bat Cave cabin view

Bat Cave cabin view

A rare (for me!) snowy footprint:
Snowy footprint at Bat Cave

The stairs up to the house across the street:
Bat Cave cabin view

We went into downtown Chimney Rock on Saturday.  I love random signage.

It's true, too

I love signs

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I’ve seen a lot of discussion on some photography sites about doing a photo a day for an entire year, and I have to say, the idea is daunting. I’ve done several photo-a-day months, and I’ve enjoyed them enormously, but the pressure to just take something already is sometimes overwhelming. I’ve committed to a lighter version of the same concept and will be posting a photo a week for 2010. No particular subjects, and a great number of them will probably be cell phone camera photos since that’s often what I have handy, but at the end of it, I hope to have something that shows a taste of what 2010 was like.

For our first weekly photo, I’ll start with (naturally) Paisley. It’s been ridiculously cold, and while she has been quite comfortable through the entire business, she has taken to burrowing quite extensively in her blankets. Today, I found her with her fabric hat tipped over so she was in it like a little teacup, with her blankets all pulled down around her. Quite sensible, actually.

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Gator, originally uploaded by scpetrel.

We spent the day at Middleton Place and saw a grand total of fifteen young alligator, with this one being the most photogenic of the lot. Other photos are on Flickr – too many to post here.

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