We were invited back down to Pawley's Island in South Carolina by our lovely friend Mary and her lovely parents Bill and Sara. We accepted with alacrity. Its about a 4 hour drive down there, to a house called: "D'spot".
D'spot - the gorgeous beach house. We stayed in the room at the top right.
Bill, Sara, Sal and Mary. We were enjoying a delicious home-style meal at the Brown Pelican Inn. The building is from 1890. The food is yum.We did a whole lot of nothing for 4 days. Well, Sal did a whole lot of nothing, Nic supplemented his nothing by working industriously on his papers. But we paddled in the creek, swam in the sea, introduced Emma to the ocean, and took a lovely ride out in the tidal swamp at high tide on a little motor boat.
The view looking back down the creek at sunset.
Nic steers the boat with Mary keeping a "close" eye on him
Emma was in disgrace for much of the trip. Just about everything that she could do wrong, she did. You don't need details. But she had a lot of fun playing chicken with the waves.And now we're back... and the garden is scarily dry. But the tomatoes are ripe, the okra have matured, and here are some photos...
Bumblebee on hyacinth bean... just showing off the new camera's magic powers.
Okra! Its related to hibiscus and the flowers are really pretty - yellow with a purple centre. Unfortunately they were all closed when I took the camera out.Nic built a BBQ out of cinder blocks and a very fat metal slab he got from somewhere agricultural. It worked good!
Nic does the "agronomist's squat". I don't know what that means either.Speaking of things that Nic does well, he maintains that growing plants is one of them. We visited the field station on the way home from the beach and took photos of Nic standing amidst tall and happy plants that he claims he grew.
Nic stands in the Erianthus and looks proud. See that pride? See it?
2 comments:
I hate you. I miss the NC/SC coast so much right now. :( (and summer things, generally).
Oh, and yes, you're welcome to crash at ours when you're in Melbourne. We have a spare bedroom so you don't even have to sleep on the sofa ;) (unless you really really want to!)
We aren't exactly next door to St. Kilda but we are very close to the train line, so that's better than nothing. Keep me posted.
Take care,
Tiffani
Hi Nic, Sal. Been a while since I last looked at this site. Things in Vancouver are cooling down rapidly. I'm actually catching up with Kim tonight for a beer or three. I see they know how to build houses according to the climate down there. Perth could learn a thing or two...
See you up here sometime eh?
CHRIS
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