A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
I added another resource for my ghost towns project. Yesterday at lunch I snuck away to Barnes & Noble and purchased a copy of the South Carolina Encyclopedia. I almost bought this with Christmas money last winter, but I felt I could actually use it now. As with any other printed encyclopedia, hard decisions have … Read More “South Carolina Encyclopedia” »
Yesterday was the last school day for students, and tomorrow is the last school day for teachers in our district. We have a longer than usual summer this year. Thanks to the state legislature, the starting time for school has been pushed back into August so to accomodate the more vocal tourist counties, such as … Read More “Take me with you” »
I had the following bit of mail waiting for me in my office this morning… I am proud to congratulate you on being selected for inclusion in the 11th Edition of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2006/2007. Boy, that certainly makes me feel good. Or, at least it would if I didn’t know the truth. … Read More “Who’s Who Among America’s Scams” »
As it turns out, I’m not the only one who likes to drive around the state and take photographs. For some time now I have followed the travels of Flickr photographer and friend SisuDave from Greenwood. One of Dave’s pet projects is photographing businesses with a first name in the title, such as John’s Transmissions … Read More “More Flickr Finds for South Carolina” »
As I’m looking for information about small towns, I’m stumbling across some fantastic resources. The latest is an offering by the Pickens County Library System. The have set up a Flickr account for the historic photographs in their collection. The original photographs and negatives are house in in the Mary Oates Gregorie Historical Room at … Read More “Pickens County on Flickr” »
I was doing some work on my SC Ghost Towns project and I thought I might see what images I could find on Flickr for small towns in our state. This led me to the work of Flickr photographer Brian the Red. Brian apparently has the goal of photographing every post office building in South … Read More “The Life of Brian” »
Bodie Ghost Town When one hears the words "Ghost town", one usually conjures up images of an abandoned prospectors’ town somewhere out west, similar to the picture of Bodie, California seen above. However, South Carolina has its fair share of ghost towns. While tumbleweeds and swinging saloon doors may not provide the scenery for the … Read More “Ghost Towns of South Carolina” »
St. George turned out to be a fine place to stay. The room at the Quality Inn was nice and cheap, and there was free WiFi and continental breakfast. This also put us just thirty minutes from Beidler Forest. We arrived at Beidler just a few minutes after it opened. Sunday is usually a … Read More “From Marsh to Swamp” »
Laura and I decided to get away for the weekend. I made reservations in the [sarcasm] lovely [/sarcasm] lowcountry town of St. George, and early Saturday morning we headed south. I picked St. George because I knew I could find something decent cheap near the Interstate. Also, we ultimately wanted to wind up at Beidler … Read More “From Swamp to Marsh” »
After a short life of only two years, my trusty Nikon S1 has finally bit the dust. I carried it with me everywhere. It took fantastic shots, and was great in situations where my big Nikon D50 wasn’t appropriate. I loved the idea of having a quality camera with me at all times. I loved … Read More “So long S1, Hello S50” »