The Last Month! - Charleston, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, and of course McBee, SC

Week 1-22 thru 1-28-11 - Charleston and McBee, SC

Fort Sumter

Old box cut up an old long leaf pine - used to collect turpentine for naval stores.

Week 1-29 thru 2-4-11 - McBee, SC

Freshly raked red-cockaded woodpecker tree - all habitat trees of the endangered bird have to be raked prior to introduction of prescribed fire on the landscape.

My art studio.

Week 2-5 thru 2-11-11 - Chapel Hill and McBee, SC

Explosion at the local fertilizer plant on Valentine's Day

Turkey feathers.

Week 2-12 thru 2-18-11 - Charlotte and McBee

Hispanic flea market en route to Charlotte. Hundreds of tables and stands every Saturday.

Largest tree on the refuge - 6'+ Southern Red Oak

Week ending 1-21-11 - Columbia and McBee, SC

Fungi, not flowers!

Cavity for the endangered red cockaded woodpecker endemic to the refuge.

A baby praying mantis - one of dozens I found on my desk, hatched out of the egg pod photographed in entry of 'Week ending 12-18-10'

Snowfall in SC - Jan 8-14, 2011

A New Year, A New Camera! Jan 1-7, 2011 - McBee, SC

Over the holidays, my faithful camera of 5 years suffered a stroke of sorts - the attack was almost instant, and it is believed very little pain was felt before it moved on to camera heaven (where I like to imagine it will never have to take low light or action shots again).

So, this new year brought with it a new camera, Canon Powershot S95. I offered her a warm welcome... by traveling south again to McBee, SC.

Happy New Year!

Sap flows freely from a skinned longleaf pine. For decades longleafs were the major source of turpentine and naval stores in the US and abroad.

McLeod's peach orchard next door.

Christmas thru New Years - Philly

Week ending 12-24-10 - Home for the Holidays