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Remember the Old Home Place Forever
As southerners we want to hold onto to everything. And, sometimes we don't have the resources and time moves on. Only the memories remain and the stories we pass down to our children about our elders and our childhoods.
What memories are more special than those of the old home place. It may be the house you grew up in, or maybe your Grandmother's house or the farm where you spent every summer. It could be that old lake house or river house or beach house. No one but you and your family can appreciate what that porch swing brings to mind, or that old truck in the barn, or the fence going down the drive.
Here is a way to preserve those memories forever.
Several years ago I took my 75 year old mother to a family reunion that was held at her old family home place. We were lucky in that some cousins had lovingly cared for the place and as I sat in the yard eating fried chicken and potato salad, it was just like being there 40 years ago.
I went back and photographed the place and presented my mother with a book of the pictures. She went through the book, page by page, reminiscing over times she had spent there visiting her grandparents, playing with her cousins, and enjoying holidays with her family. Since then my mother has passed away. But, I captured the magic of the home place forever. Who knows the place may burn down tomorrow.
Let me capture that magic for your family.
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The Brass Tacks (or How to Get it Done)
If you are interested in preserving a memory for generations to come I think you will be very surprised at how little it will cost to have your precious memories saved for generations to come by a professionally produced photographic book.
I like to work with every one on an individual basis because each project is a work in progress. Often we end up finding more than we thought was there. (Memories fade until we return home and are reunited - briefly- with the past.)
Just email me at homeplacememories@gmail.com I always enjoy hearing from folks and am happy to answer questions.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Studebaker Truck
An old Studebaker truck put to rest in Jerome AZ. I never even knew one existed until I chanced upon this one.
Labels:
Arizona,
car,
Jerome,
old truck,
rusty truck,
Studebaker,
truck,
vehicle
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Beaufort National Cemetery
The Beaufort National Cemetery is a hauntingly beautiful and reverent place under large old live oaks draped in Spanish moss surrounded by old brick walls. It was officially built in 1863 to handle the burials of Union soldiers during the Civil War, however it had been handling interments since 1861. Since that time it has had interments from every major American conflict, including the Spanish-American War, Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War.
Labels:
Beaufort,
cemetery,
historic place,
low country,
oak trees,
South Carolina,
Spanish moss
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Meadow Brook Hall
Sometimes you have to go large, as in Meadow Brook Hall, the estate of Matilda Dodge Wilson (as in Chrysler Dodge) in Rochester. Michigan. The 110 room Tudor-Revival Mansion built between 1926 and 1929 sits on a 320 acre farm. The house and gardens are quite lovely.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Atalaya
And, then there is Atalaya, the winter home of Archer M. Huntington and his wife, Anna Hyatt Huntington in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Sometimes referred to as "Atalaya Castle" because Mr. Huntington built and designed the residence in the Moorish Revival and Mediterranean Revival Architecture styles from Spanish Andalusian coast models. It is a 200 foot by 200 foot square structure built around a courtyard, constructed between 1931 and 1933. It sits just behind the dunes off the Atlantic ocean.
Labels:
Ana Hyatt Huntington,
Archer M. Huntington,
Atalaya,
Castle,
Mediterranean Revival,
Moorish Revival,
Murrells Inlet,
South Carolina
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Tiderunner
Generations of families off the sea islands of South Carolina have made a living off the sea. Shrimping, in particular, have been popular (and sometimes prosperous) vocations. This old trawler, the Tiderunner, has seen better days, has been taken out of commission, and now just sits tied in the marsh, as time takes its toll on her old wooden soul.
Labels:
family business,
low country,
shrimp boat,
South Carolina,
Tiderunner,
trawler
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Peanuts for Sale
I can't say for sure, but I do not think you can get Peanuts any longer at this establishment. Kudzu has staked its claim.
Labels:
kudzu,
old building,
old signs,
old store,
peanuts
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Red Roof Edisto House
An old house on Edisto Island having seen better days. Wisteria in the trees, shutters barely hanging on . . . once it was someone's home.
Labels:
Edisto Island,
low country,
old house,
South Carolina
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Outdoor Porcelain
You never know what you will find riding down a road. And, some sights require one to stop, turn around, go back just to make sure, "Is that really what I thought that was?" And, in fact, yes it was. Outdoor plumbing?
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Rose Covered Fence
Found on a road in Lexington County, SC, a bank of wild pink roses growing on a fence. The pastoral scene in not what comes to mind when most folks think about South Carolina. However, there is a lot of pasture, old fence lines, and old barns across the country side. Lexington County has lovely rolling hills.
Labels:
country road,
Lexington,
pasture,
roses,
South Carolina
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Old House Trailer
This lovely abode was found by the railroad tracks in the small town of Livingston, SC (population 135).
I have no idea how old this house trailer is. And, I assume no one lives in it, given the brush is totally grown up around it. My question is: Will it just sit here until it just rusts to pieces and fall in on itself? Whatever, I found it to be curiously colorful.
Labels:
House Trailer,
Livingston,
rust,
rusty trailer,
South Carolina
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Steamboat Landing House
This house is located on Steamboat Landing Road on Edisto Island in SC. The blue trim around the door ways and windows is traditional to the low country Gullah culture. The Gullah people believed that the indigo color paint surrounding all the openings of the house (the windows, doors, etc.) kept the "haints" out (ie the bad spirits.) When I was younger I can remember houses with blue trim being every where in the low country. Now they are hard to find.
This house also looks like it may have been a "Juke Joint" at one time. (ie a small time country bar). FYI the term "Juke Box" came from music played in a "Juke Joint".
Labels:
blue trim,
Edisto Island,
haints,
Juke Joint,
low country,
old house,
red roof,
South Carolina
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