Eight days away

In eight days, Thursday, August 30th, 2012, will be the first South Carolina Gamecocks football game for the year.  It will be a night game, on ESPN, at Vanderbilt.  Good luck, team.

Still not open

As of Saturday, August 11, the River Deck Restaurant was STILL not open.  Wonder when?

RiverDeck restaurant and store

A couple of months ago a local riverside restaurant/store burned.  It's the only place within 20 miles to buy gas for your car.  The merchandise is similar to a 7/11.  They have a grill where you can get sandwiches such as po boys and hamburgers. 

This weekend they're working on re-establishing concrete block walls.  I guess next will be the roof.  I hope it's open by July 4th. 

White mushroom

It's rained a few days in a row around here, and today I saw a beautiful mushroom in the yard.  Lacy and white and really nice looking. 

Angel Oak

There's a gigantic old oak tree on John's Island.  A developer wants to build very close to the tree, and cut down the "forest" near it.  There are environmentalists fighting this project.

the tree is six stories high.  It's believed to be at least 300 years old, but some believe it to be as old as 1000 years old.

This photo is not mine -- it's from The State newspaper.

It's really windy

and cloudy today.

and

I had never heard of having a tractor delivered, but that's what happened today.

Bouquet

A good friend brought me a handmade bouquet for Valentine's day.