A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
Local items of interest from Greenville and Upstate SC.
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” »
On Wednesday I had to make one of my many treks down the road for a meeting in Columbia. At mile marker 93 on Interstate 26, just north of Columbia, I pass a sight I’ve seen many times – a rather elaborate roadside memorial in the southbound lane. On July 24, 2000, a north-bound … Read More “Roadside Memorials” »
After I got back from my Furman photo trip this morning, I found the light almost perfect for photographing the hawks across the street. This morning they were quite active, and one of the parents returned to feed them. In the spirit of Mother’s Day, I caught a couple of tender hawk family shots … Read More “Learning to Fly” »
Tonight was the retirement dinner for Furman, and once again, three professors with whom I have worked mark the end of their careers at Furman. Duncan McArthur taught English at Furman for 36 years. He was my English professor my very first term as a freshman. Ken Sargent nearly convinced me to become a geology … Read More “Furman Transitions 2007” »
Our family of red-tailed hawks has once again returned to their nest in the top of one of our neighbor’s trees. I had seen activity on the nest, but assumed the large birds I was seeing to be the parents. When I looked through binoculars today, I saw that these were in fact the chicks, … Read More “Return of the Hawks” »
We really weren’t expecting any motion until August. It looks like things are already happening. Greenville County had agreed to purchase the houses in the floodplain on our street and demolish then, turning the area into a natural area with a pedestrian bridge. The plan presented was for demolition and construction of the bridge … Read More “Demolition Begins” »
At dinner tonight Bill Pennington told us of his latest acquisition – a 1933 South Carolina license plate he found on eBay. What made this interesting to him was the phrase "S.C.-The Iodine State." Bill is a chemistry professor at Clemson who works with iodine compounds, so the subject is of inherent interest. His wife, … Read More “South Carolina – The Iodine State” »