Photo courtesy of Leslie Walker Photography

It’s been no surprise that July, 2009 was a wet one.  Can we hope for a peaceful hurricane season? According to Brad.

It has been a very stormy finish to the month of July.  Several rounds of thunderstorms have been effecting the area since Wednesday and it has been a very wet month across the area as well.  Officially 8.16 inches of rain fell in July at the Charleston International Airport which is over 2 inches above normal for the month.  Total rain for the year is just over 30 inches which is slightly above normal.  Now that we are heading into August, out attention turns to the tropics.  Good news is that things are rather quiet and not expecting any development over the next few days.  We’ll continue to monitor and cross our fingers for an uneventful hurricane season…

Leslie and Bean take a walk on the beach.

I didn’t attend church today, so here’s Joan’s church photo in lieu of attendance and the simple splendor of the French Huguenot Church.  Great information on two beautiful and historic landmarks.

Jam on it!  Vinegar too.

I had a birthday last Sunday, and I’m becoming increasingly aware that I’m no longer young, so  I found Nikki’s post on aging particularly apropos.

Yes, Jessica Lange and Demi Moore are seemingly ageless, but is old really, truly cool in our culture… But I don’t think old is cool when I watch Lou Dobbs or Pat Buchanan being crotchety, hateful and — old. I don’t think old is cool when life becomes more about conserving than creating. I don’t think old is cool if it means living in a gated retirement community with people who look just like me. I don’t think old is cool when I read about nursing home residents being abused and neglected, because they’re not only old but poor–a double mark of shame in our society. I don’t want to join a Crone circle or wear a Cougar tshirt or go on an elder cruise, but my friends and I don’t have enough role models or reliable road maps for a next act that doesn’t look like the one our mothers lived… Maybe someone is waiting for us to do it ourselves.

Don’t know why bridal dresses qualify for the the no sales tax weekend (next weekend), but it’s a good time for a trunk show.

Emily shows off her mad skillz with invisible zippers.

Eat local with the Saturday Farmers Market Menu.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl.

“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed! –tear up the planks! here, here! –It is the beating of his hideous heart! The stories of Edgar Allen Poe are so cool–especially interpreted by the awesome Vincent Price. Do watch the videos. He’s still amazing.

Lovely birds at the Audubon Center.

Geoff hits Big Sky country.

Dr. Eugene Mah is one step closer to reality.

Dave Earley wins the Charleston portion of July’s World Wide Photo Walk with a wonderful photo. Congrats!

Vera Thomas Hannaford blogs about her knitting, crocheting and Hello Kitty obsessions in Vera’s Crafty Blog and tweets about other obsessions–especially music–on Twitter as vhanna26, and thinks no one does horror like Vincent Price does horror.

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