Last Saturday morning I was waking up in a strange place. A week later, it's beginning to feel like home, at least a little bit. We had a couple days in the 90sF with 95% humidity that left me feeling like a pool of melted butter, but we have also had some beautiful days and nights in the 60s and 70s, too.
I love these little fruit and veg stands along the road that appear everywhere, especially on weekends. Can you believe it, local peaches, watermelons, and tomatoes already?
This one was in front of a thrift store on the highway near Ridgeland, the closest town to where I live.
Ridgeland was first called Gopher Hill after the Gopher tortoises that live here. We saw one in the yard Thursday, lumbering along. They are about 10 inches long, live up to 60 years, and build underground tunnels 40 feet long with their powerful digging legs. I was too excited to get a photo of the one in the yard. This sculpture is in pretty little park in town.
Ridgeland was later renamed for its place on a ridge between Charleston and Savannah.
We live on an island on a tiny little road in a typical Lowcountry house, with sandy soil and trees, deer and raccoons, birdsong all day long, and Spanish moss swaying in the trees. The deck is a few yards off the water and the tides bring in lots of feeding water birds. And every night the sky is a different painting in progress. It's mesmerizing to watch and a great place to be retired and have time to do that!
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Sounds wonderful, sheer bliss. Hope you settle in and make it home soon.
ReplyDeleteIt snowed in Minnesota last Monday or did I already tell you that...maybe it bears repeating! You new place sounds so romantic and warm...melting like butter doesn't sound fun at all...but 60's and 70's those are my favorite temperatures. How is Miss Rosie I hope she has come out of hiding by now. Fresh tomatoes how lucky are you!! :)
ReplyDeleteIt all sounds wonderful. I love that moss hanging in the trees. I am so happy for you.
ReplyDeleteCynthia I love your new place I wpuld like to live in a hotter place than in Europe. It is a fantastic place because you have a very close contact witrh nature
ReplyDeleteI've just been catching up on your journey here, sounds like an adventure on the way. Looks like a lovely place to settle and watch the sunsets.
ReplyDeleteThe Humid heat! Ah well you will after a summer or two get used to it and then in a few years
ReplyDeletetime on a summer return to MSP and environs - the dry heat of that place will "knock you for six",
or as they say in your country ( can't say Yanks anymore eh??) - "knock you out of the
ball park". The dry against the wet heats - I still can't fathom which I prefer.
Both tolerable in the day, neither tolerable in the night without Aircon, but I don't
like Aircon!!!
Looks a lovely area which I am sure it is - Well I loved Charleston and my sister loved
visiting Savannah when she lived in Jacksonsville, Florida. I shall read up all the history
of your new region around Ridgeland / Beaufort and the rice lands.
Cheers and happy settling in.
Colin (Brisbane. Australia)
Glad you made it to your new home and are exploring the area. Birdsong all day would be wonderful. I think I would like it at your new home except for the high temps and humidity. Enjoy getting settled in. xx
ReplyDeleteYou're very fortunate to have such a pleasant place to live although 90 and high humidity is tough to take.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting post! You traded MN gophers for SC gopher tortoises, eh? They do sound interesting and they move slower. Love that you added a thrift store sign. So happy for you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place you've moved to. It's really an adventure.
ReplyDeleteTakes a while to settle in to a new home and call it home...so pleased you a loving it. What you describe sound wonderful.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the South and yes the weather is great this weekend, coolest Memorial Day I can remember. Usually it rains on Memorial Day.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you're gradually feeling at home in your new place. You've got a marvelous skyview.
ReplyDeleteWhat an adventure, I did smile at your previous post having left the hotel in the middle of the night due to the cascading waters of the toilet and then being underwhelmed by the not so flowing waters of the memorial :) It won't be long before I'm sure Rosie will be off chasing the geckos around the place, eat plenty of the cool fruit and enjoy!
ReplyDeleteWren x
It sounds like it is quite exciting experiencing your new environment. I hope you settle in to the community easily.
ReplyDeleteYou new home sounds lovely - and lots of new interesting things for us too! You'll be able to grow lots of new things - maybe find some of those sub tropical fruits.
ReplyDeleteYour new landscape is very lovely. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteIt looks fabulous. No doubt you will need time to acclimatise to the warmer temperature but what fun.
ReplyDeleteYour new home looks so warm and blissful. The ambiance is just so relaxing. That's really a place you can consider settling in. Anyway, I hope you'll have the best time in there. Thanks for sharing that, Cynthia! I wish you all the best!
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