Southern Sundance ...

“But the beauty is in the walking – we are betrayed by destinations.”

           ~ Gwyn Thomas

              ~ 1936-2016

   ~ Welsh poet, academic and a

           former National Poet for Wales

Sunlight dances through the trees and Spanish Moss as two walkers in the distance bask in the beauty of a gorgeous late October afternoon at Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge, a 4,053-acre national wildlife refuge located in Beaufort County, South Carolina, between the mainland and Hilton Head. 

Pinckney Island NWR, established December 4, 1975, was once included in the plantation of Major General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a prominent lawyer active in South Carolina politics from 1801-1815. 

A Fine Southern Morning ...

“Grace comes into the soul, as the morning sun into the world; first a dawning, then a light; and at last the sun in his full and excellent brightness.”

                    ~ Thomas Adams

                       ~ 1818-1905

      ~American scientist & inventor who is regarded as a founder of the chewing gum industry. He eventually joined with well-known chewing gum maker William Wrigley Jr.

The early morning sunlight whispers through the Spanish Moss that reflects in the lagoon on a beautiful May morning in the Lowcountry of Beaufort County, South Carolina.

Bluebird In Dixie ...

“Be like the bluebird who never is blue, for he knows from his upbringing what singing can do!”

                ~ Cole Porter

                  ~ 1891-1964

A sweet male Eastern Bluebird is framed by Spanish Moss in Dixieland on a beautiful late October afternoon in the Lowcountry of Beaufort County, South Carolina.