If you notice poor quality in my photos blame Verizon...I reduced the pixels so I wouldn't eat up all my data when I upload photos! Today we went for another Townies Tour...this time it's HARTSVILLE, SC.....near the same area geographical we went to on our last Town visit. Back in the Pee Dee region, crossing the Lynches River we traveled into Darlington County (from Kershaw County) where we live. Back in Cotton Country!!
Mom and I were so ready to be out and about we've had lots of rain, been hard to get anything done outside so I took advantage and did lots of little inside things to get my house in order--- literally. To get there its a quiet drive through farmland and lots of roadside stops for photos...so we don't get in a hurry!
Mom and I were so ready to be out and about we've had lots of rain, been hard to get anything done outside so I took advantage and did lots of little inside things to get my house in order--- literally. To get there its a quiet drive through farmland and lots of roadside stops for photos...so we don't get in a hurry!
the burbs around us are not exactly upscale...
Fritillary
We stopped near the river to help a turtle across the road, then not far from there we came upon a field of wild flowers... full of butterflies...
Buckeye
We made a stop at Kalimara Gardens part of the Coker College Campus...there is an awesome boardwalk there and lots of birds,,,but Mom really can't do the steps to get down to the boardwalk anymore so we hung around the garden to see what was in bloom And we saw all sorts of nice things!! I always feel so wonderful when I stand under a Live Oak, especially one with a Northern Parula singing his heart out in it...
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Kalimara
Northern Parula
The big bloomers of the day were def the Hydrangeas all colors...
and more butterflies--an American Painted Lady Butterfly
Here's something you don't see everyday can you guess what it is?
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A pomegranate!
When I was a kid our bus used to stop and let us pick pears and pomegranates, we would go home with that red stain all over our hands, face, and clothes! "Not too funny when our mom's saw us"!! I don't think I've attempted to eat one since becoming an adult only a kid would be enthralled with one.
This five lined skink scared us when he jumped out of the bushes!! They make a lot of noise as they slither around and it sounds like a snake... this one is about 8 inches in length!
Then Mom started to wimp out and we hadn't even seen the Town yet!! Soooo
... there was only one thing to do --take her out for lunch!! :o)
This helped! ...we scarfed down a salad and some of the crunchiest onion rings we've ever eaten --->good stuff <---but neither of us liked the sauce they served with the rings...
...as we left the restaurant the waitress came rushing out waving her hands at us...
Holy Hysterics
Holy Hysterics
She was holding my camera and Mom's pocketbook!! OKAY a couple of country bumpkins come to town...JEEZE we needed a little wake up call I reckon!
Once we recovered our possessions we headed one more block to "down town" proper...
Mom waited in the shade while I took some photos of the town square...and a few other sights in Hartsville...named after the Hart's who were sort of the founding family of the town as far back as 1818
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and the Coker family also had a lot to do with the economy of this town...and the College as I mention in my last town post is a center for education in this area...
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hope you can read this...
here is the store it's an entire city block it has now been segmented into various businesses...
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est 1865
It sure was nice to see the Blue Sky!! More rain is expected by Friday so gotta enjoy it while it's here...like so many other aspects of life!
another wonderful experience with MOM in our Townies Tour!
PEACE
Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do the thing you think you can not.
