Still Life with Peaches
Still Life with Peaches
Still Life with Peaches A little serendipity played a part in the creation of "Still Life with Peaches." I've been wanting to use the old green scales that have been…
Ancient Angel Oak Tree
"Angel Oak," an ancient Southern live oak, is about 500 years old. It lives on Johns Island near Charleston, SC and is named from the Angel family plantation. Angel, an…
Biggin Church Ruins – Along the Road Less Traveled
Way down in South Carolina's Lowcountry, not too far from Moncks Corner, and just a stone’s throw from the Cooper River lies the Biggin Church Ruins. It was constructed in…
Sheldon Church – Mystery and History of Backroads
Our road trips take longer than they used to. Whenever possible we travel the back roads, the blue highways, the roads less traveled. While America’s interstate highways are efficient, they are also predictable and boring. But there is a lot of mystery and history to be discovered on the roads less traveled. Recently, while exploring the swamps and marshes of coastal South Carolina, we learned of the ruins of a pre-Revolutionary War church. After more research and reading we found out there are actually five such church ruins tucked away in these backwaters and all but forgotten.