Monday, July 23, 2012

A New Day

Sunrise and Pineapple Fountain, Waterfront Park, Charleston, South Carolina
 © Doug Hickok  All Rights Reserved


Seeming to dangle from the fingers of a fine fountain, a Carolina Lowcountry
sun rises to begin a new day. In that same spirit, I shall begin a new chapter in the story line of Doug's Photo Blog. Shifting the setting from our adventures out West, I return to the Deep South, where Becky and I have lived for
more than 25 years in Charleston.

Every story should offer a bit of drama and intrigue, and perhaps some comic relief. Hence the title of this week's chapter shall be, "A Return to Charleston...  whereupon the leading characters ride a runaway carriage, stroll along the Battery promenade during a tropical tempest, feast on she crab soup while whistling Dixie, shop for pineapple-shaped chocolates at the Market, collect sea shells by the sea shore (even after getting swamped by a salty rogue wave), fish in backwater creeks 
among cypress knees for stumpknockers,
and dance the Charleston while wearing silly feathered hats." 

P.S.  Please note that Doug's Photo Blog may be a work of fiction.
Names, characters, places, yaks and incidents could be the product of
my imagination or a condition of delirium brought on by eating too much
she crab soup. Any resemblance to actual persons, events,
yaks or locales are likely to be entirely a fluke.
 Thank you.
Doug

24 comments:

  1. HA! I love it, Doug. You surely are a great entertainer. Keep it up! :)

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  2. surprising!I was wonderfing what it is before I read the text!

    Blog about life and travelling
    Blog about cooking

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  3. Made me laugh Doug. My what an imagination you have. Sure your not a relation to Dr Suess?

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  4. A lovely cameo image to start the return to your own 'backyard' I'm looking forward to the Charleston reprise already!

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  5. i'm swimming in a sea of anticipation.

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  6. Exquisitely beautiful..extraordinary golden morning light!

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  7. Great Photo Doug!
    Love it

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  8. Very cool! Great lighting on the shot.

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  9. These metal claws like hands that would catch the water to retain it. Excellent!

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  10. AMAZING POST:)
    Your blog is so wonderful..do you have twitter to follow with??

    If you want some décor inspiration from Sweden, check out my blog:)

    Have an awesome week.

    LOVE Maria at inredningsvis.se
    (Sweden)

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  11. Sounds like an interesting change Doug. I can almost hear the water falling over the fountain.

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  12. Made me want to have a she crab soup. Hahaha.

    Anyway, the photo is a masterpiece! Standing loud claps. Genius composition (both the photo & the story). :)

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  13. excellent angle, doug! your point of view makes an innocent pineapple appear creepy and sinister !!!

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  14. marvelous use of colors, great to see all this

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  15. Ha, you're crazier than me!
    Did you write the script for Danny Boyle to direct the Isles of Wonder? ;o)

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  16. Whether West or East, North or South, it's always a great pleasure to visit the whimsical, if fantastical world of Doug's Photoblog. Gorgeous setting sun shot to put your western trip to bed.

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  17. nice to see you going back to SC scenes now.. :) very nice shot here..

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  18. These Pictures are breath taking Doug!! Wish i had more time to look through them!! Visiting this site will become part of my morning ritual!! Truly, breath taking...

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  19. A fantastic, eye-catching image. WOW.

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