Chechessee River behind the Pete Dye golf course at Colleton River, Spanish moss crews
The first
day of no rain for three days, but the winds were heavy. I have sympathy to those of you in northern
climes who are dealing with two feet of snow and sub-zero temperatures, but
Hilton Head SC has its problems too. The
temperature has plummeted to thirty, and quite a problem has developed with the
winds. Large clumps of Spanish moss have
fallen everywhere. Now further north,
everyone expects unsightly patches of snow, ice and mud as winter drags
on. But here, such things are unbecoming
to the ambiance and charm all have come to expect. So crews are dispatched to deal with the moss
problem. Pictured above are Alvin and
Henry bravely and diligently working to deal with this issue.
Two good photo shoots – both sunrise and
sunset yielded some good shots. I was on
the Chechessee river shooting sunrise on the Colleton Plantation, and on the
Colleton River side at sunset. There
were some awesome twilight shots that I have to edit yet. Also, I took my first stab at video, and it
was pretty awful but I am going to start sharing them as well. I know nothing at this point about video
editing, but have downloaded a program and am reading about it. Bear with me while I cut my teeth on the
videos.
I am struggling to write an article that I
want to come out well – the first article of the weekend will be out a bit late
Saturday. It is very difficult to put
into context a tradition that is 3,500 years old – and being limited to 500
words for the newspaper articles forces me to be very specific and somewhat
limited in scope.
All have a
great weekend !!
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