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La dolce lowcountry vita
Monday, March 10, 2014 at 11:44PM 
Sorry. I got too busy on this Monday to post a post for you. But here I am and it's still Monday -- barely -- so here we go.
This past weekend, guess what? I had a birthday.
It was on Friday. I turned fifty-seven. I've never been coy about my age so there you are. Tell anyone and everyone who you think may care or be able to make use of the information.
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the only thing I wanted for my birthday was to take a trip to the lowcountry.
Specifically I had a hankering to visit several locations in Beaufort, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia.
Yes, yes. They were all cemeteries. Step off. I am a taphophile; remember?
So over the next several months if you follow my offerings on Daily Beauty of this very site, you will see dozens of pictures from the places we went.
But right now I'll give you a brief rundown and whet your appetite, so to speak. Only one picture per place.
Okay, maybe two in some cases. Three if you're lucky.
On my birthday we left home at about noon and drove two hours to Yemassee, South Carolina, to a place known as the Old Sheldon Church Ruins.
I'd been wanting to go there for years.
Yes; I was fairly transfixed, as you would be too, even though it was not even fifty degrees and it had been raining for days and there was a persistent raw cold swirling mist.
I spent a happy hour tramping around the place and now all I want is to go back.
Next stop, St. Helena Church in Beaufort. The church is surrounded by a cemetery so old, there are British soldiers buried there.
Yeah -- the British. This next photo is not them.
The wonders of that place were fairly endless. I need to go back there too, on a pretty day.
But even on a cold gray day, the colors were warm.
And there were lights.
From St. Helena Church we pressed on to the Beaufort National Cemetery.
While there TG found the grave of The Great Santini, a/k/a Donald Conroy, father of author Pat Conroy, who I once met.
Then we drove to Savannah and our hotel for a warm bed and rest because we were chilled through and worn quite out.
Next day -- blue sky, balmy breezes, seventy degrees -- Bonaventure.
Southern Gothic. Need I say more? If I lived in Savannah I would go to Bonaventure once a week.
After we walked for hours, I was still taking pictures as TG drove me a final time down the lanes.
Then we went to Colonial Park Cemetery in downtown Savannah. The day was waning and shadows were long on some seriously old tombs.
It was time for dinner so we did that and then back to the hotel because like it or not we had to face the reality that we were losing an hour that night.
After church on Sunday morning we started home. On the way we stopped at Carolina Cider Company.
There we bought a pecan pie -- those pies are made every morning by Laurel Goodman, whose pecan pie was listed among the Best Southern Pies in Southern Living -- and a half-gallon jug of strawberry cider.
After that we were hungry so we found a Lowcountry Welcome Center -- a repurposed antebellum house and grounds -- where we had a picnic in a square gazebo decorated with flags and old weapons.
The tree in front? That my friends is a 250-year-old Live Oak dripping with Spanish moss, and you see this everywhere in the lowcountry and yet your eyes can never quite believe it.
Click to embiggen.
And we hated to leave but it was time to go home.
However we will return and when we do, I plan to sit a spell in one of these red rockers.
And that is all for now.
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Happy Monday ~ Happy Week
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Reader Comments (7)
Happy belated Birthday! I can tell you had a perfect day!
Happy Birthday my friend! It looks like you had a perfectly wonderful time. You outdid yourself with these pictures! They could go into a travel brochure, because I would love to visit and see these places in person.
Awwww!!! Love the photos Miss Jenny and SO Sorry I missed your Birthday! My blog was busy giving me he'll but I made it back.....Happy Birthday to the sweetest gal that side of the Mississippi !!! Looks like you hand a Grande Day!
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Best Birthday ever my friend. These pictures are fabulous, and I know they are just the tip of the iceberg, and I can hardly wait to see more! The Old Sheldon Church Ruins are awesome...something I would love to go see. And I would tramp around Bonaventure each week if I lived there also. Wonderful trip, sweet memories!
Happy Birthday dear lady, I know you had a perfect time. Isn't TG great,driving you around like that. You took some great shots. Looking forward to more.
Happy happy birthday.
Bethany and her hubby stayed in Savannah on their trip after Christmas and she loved it. I've decided that some time when we come to see Annie's lot, we shall land in Jacksonville and drive up the coast through Savannah. It's time to explore a little more of the south, I think.
It looks like a positively delightful trip! Happy birthday, you young whippersnapper! Your photos beautifully capture the mystery and charm of these historical places. I would love to go to Beaufort and Savannah again sometime to explore & photograph. The last time we were at both places, I don't think I even owned a film camera at the time.