Photo-a-Day Week 29

Time for the weekly wrap-up of the photo-a-day for this week. No black-and-white photos this week. 

Day 195-

Summer produce is amazing and peaches are my favorite. This week's purchase is white peaches. If you have never had white peaches, give them a try; they are so sweet. They bruise more easily than standard yellow peaches, so often they are not shipped. If you want to try them, you will need to go local. 

Summer's Bounty

Day 196-

This T-shirt is my husband's, he has a lot of band's T-shirts. This one is a little different as it has a quote from a song by Ray Wylie Hubbard. It is a good quote and a good reminder about gratitude. 

Words to live by- 

Day 197-

Sweetgrass baskets are a treasured art form in South Carolina. Last year, there was a Sweetgrass basket exhibit in our Arts Center, and a class was offered to make your own sweetgrass basket. Artisans from the low country taught us how to wrap the palm threads around and through the coils of the sweetgrass. To work this material truly takes an experienced hand. My basket isn't large, but having made it, I can appreciate the talent and knowledge these artisans have to make larger and intricate baskets. 

Sweetgrass basket

Day 198-

My husband power washes our decks, patios, BBQ pad, and driveway. When he does the driveway, it is a couple of days' process. We have lots of pine trees that line the driveway, and the sticky pine sap holds dirt on the pavement. The driveway isn't done every year, but it sure is noticeable when it is done.  

Clean/dirty

Day 199-

This is a new fence near our neighborhood. There are horses in the pastures. I guess they needed to upgrade the fencing. The fence company did a really nice job. Not sure if it will be painted or stained sometime down the road. 

Fence line

Day 200-

I took a photo of the glass block window in our bathroom for one of the photo-a-day offerings, Day 95. When the morning sun shines through the window, we get some interesting light play on the tile floor. While I was getting my photo, Millie, our kitty, was curious about what I was doing. 

Light Refraction and Shadows

Day 201-

The Junipers in our area are loaded with berries. Juniperus virginiana, commonly called Eastern red cedar, is not a cedar. The berries are a light blue and, when ripe, are edible. They are used in sauerkraut and gin making. When we lived in Germany, I would buy them packaged when I was making sauerkraut or Sauerbraten. The German translation for juniper berries is Wacholderbeeren. 

Juniper berries

Thanks for stopping by for this week's photos.

*A side note about the previous post on Clethra- the Ruby Spice blooms are open, and they are nicely fragranced. I love having fragrant plants in my garden, how about you? 

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