A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
Local items of interest from Greenville and Upstate SC.
There is a segment of our population that eagerly awaits any error by the school district so that it can be exploited. This group points fingers with righteous indignation, frequently using the infraction as a call for school vouchers. This seems to be the case with the latest problems involving the Greenville County School District … Read More “Smelling Blood” »
The holiday season is always a busy time of year. Not only are there dates for gatherings with friends and family to be juggled, but there are more musical perfomances than one could possibly attend. Every church is going to have their own program, as is every school performing ensemble. Tack onto that the various … Read More “Holiday Music Glut” »
It’s Friday night, which has become "date night" for Laura and I. We started with a wonderful dinner at Brick City Grille, then headed downtown for the First Friday art gallery tour. Our first stop turned out to be the best. We began with the West End Gallery. This small gallery has some of the … Read More “First Friday” »
It’s the last day of Thanksgiving freedom, so I decided that a bit more exploring was in order. I decided to visit the new Lake Conestee Nature Park recently created by Upstate Forever. It was challenging finding the public access at first. One map showed access points both behind the old Municipal Stadium and at … Read More “Lake Conestee” »
So far, it’s been the kind of Thanksgiving I like – very few obligations and the ability to sleep late. Even so, we’ve kept ourselves busy. Yesterday we did a bit of geocaching, which took us to a new park in Greenville. Herdklotz Park (which must have been named by committee, according to Anna) is … Read More “Herdklotz – Named by committee” »
Saturday night was the peak of this year’s Leonid Meteor Shower. Weather conditions were supposed to be near-perfect, and they had predicted a good showing from around 11:45 PM until 1:30 AM. Without Sunday morning obligations, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to view the meteors. Finding dark skies in Greenville County has really gotten … Read More “Leonids – the search for dark skies” »
Over the weekend I posted a picture of the Doughboy statue on the Furman Campus for Veteran’s Day. Today I had a comment posted on one of the Doughboy photos on my Flickr account. Les Kopel from Oxnard, California posted a link to a very interesting website about the sculptor, E. M. Viquesney and his … Read More “More on the Doughboy” »
The people have spoken… Those words are usually uttered by the losers, and were heard many times today. It was a mixed bag, from our perspective. Democrats did nicely at the national level, but not so well locally. We suspected such would be the case. Our state’s people spoke up and indicated that they wanted … Read More “Sic transit gloria Republican” »
This election week has not been kind to those against whom I’m voting. Not in terms of election outcome necessarily, but in terms of personal health of the candidates. Both Mark Sanford and Karen Floyd suffered injuries on Monday – Floyd as her plane was landing got banged up, and Sanford was temporarily blinded by … Read More “Election 2006” »
Since Laura had gone to the northwest part of the country, I decided to head to the northwest portion of the state. When I first got up I faced a dilemma. I knew I wanted to get out and about, but I wasn’t sure which direction. Fall leaves are at their peak in our area, … Read More “More of Fall’s Falls” »