Walking trail/ swamp/lake/river in one walk

There is a beautiful walking trail near us. It meanders near a river,

a swamp and a lake. It is a great place for a Fall coolish morning!
When we first moved to SC about 30 years ago we didn't see the beauty in swamp areas and black river water. Now we love it. We had a refreshing walk and talk time this morning.

Great Thanksgiving Vegetable Platter and starbucks find

I love this idea above! A friend posted it on facebook and this is something I would like to do over thanksgiving. I also discovered this dip below which is delicious and quite hot:
This is Black beans and corn. I like Newman's own because it donates profits to charity.
I found this Starbucks' coffee cup at Walmart. I like it because it is stainless steel on the inside. It was with some assorted Christmas gifts in the chocolate isle or coffee isle (I forget which!). I am enjoying it right this minute--it is nice because it keeps my coffee warm....AND of course I actually brew starbucks' Italian Roast because it is very BOLD> I am enjoying this rainy windy day here in SC. My walk this morning was free from rain , but the colors looked great against the backdrop of the grey skies.

Splendor

Brookgreen Gardens is getting ready for the nights of 1,000 lights. It is a great way to begin the Christmas season. You can walk here at night with candles and string lights all over this glorious garden.



























This is a refreshing place to walk. It is as if the trees and flowers shout to the Lord. The statues reflect the aspect of man's creative nature that is a true reflection of the greater creator.

New Lights and new Picture and photo problems

I am one frustrated Blogger--yup frustrated! It may be my internet connection (I am supposed to get a new router today) or something else but I can't upload my pictures so I can post the larger ones! Photobucket keeps giving me an error (and dropshots won't work either!). So here we go with the small pictues.

I have a new faux (spelling/??) painting in our dinning area. The big wall needed something bigger--now I need to see if I like it there that big or not!

This light fixture we removed since it hung too low and was not centered over the table . We replaced it with a light fixture that hopefully one does not notice too much (since it is not centered and I am always moving the furniture around in this room!).

I am hoping things will get fixed with the new router and I am hoping it will be delivered today! Here is one more picture from Brookgreen Garden below--(I manage to upload one picture a day! )ha! I like the contrasts in the colors below!

More on Brookgreen Gardens

We enjoyed a slow day on Sunday at the gardens, but alas my photobucket won't let me load my pictures. So here are just a few random ones.


The dogwoods were dressed in a beautiful red.


The above is a nice courtyard where we sat in the wonderful orange chairs in the warmth of the sun eating M & M's and drinking coffee. Those chairs are so comfy you really feel like sitting there all day!

Below is the lake at which we had a nice picnic lunch all to ourselves with birds singing all around---quite heavenly.


Above is the magnolia path--again to ourselves--ROMANTIC

My favorite photos still await! I may give up and post them in the smaller version if Photobucket doesn't start working!

Glorious day here in SC

A wonderful fall day here in SC--made more splendid by going to Brookgreen gardens and sitting in a courtyard.
Photobucket isn't working for me today so I hope to post later in the week! The colors and contrasts were magical! And the coffee and M & M's were fab too ;-) PS. What is it about this time of the year, I am always so hungry!

Got rid of the old light

This was a KINDOF cool old light. But it didn't match our colors so we finally removed it this week. I am much more content. It was hanging too low and was not centered above the table . It looked strange both because of the color and the location. So it is gone now!