I have found my favorite spot in the South. I could go back anytime and any season. The place is Pawleys Island on the South Carolina coast. For the second year my friends and I rented a wonderful cottage on the beach. The cottage is named 'Wildlife' and it is very appropriate. Not for the way we act....we are far from wild often retiring at 9:00pm! But Pawleys is filled with wildlife of the avian kind.
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| Wildlife at Pawleys Island |
It isn't a commercial island. Just a peaceful place surrounded by the Atlantic ocean and the marsh. The birds love it and they make the marsh a special place. We spent many hours just sitting on out dock watching the birds. On this last trip to Pawleys in October I painted every day. I had my new Gogh Box and put it through it's paces. It was wonderful and I know that the many plein air paintings I did during the week will help me when I work from the photos I took.
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| The view from the back deck |
Days on Pawleys began by greeting the sun on our deck. Jayne would put on the coffee and give us a sunrise alert. This year we only had one good sunrise. It was overcast most of the time. But it wasn't cold or windy so I can't complain.
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| The view from the front deck and our dock on the creek |
Many hours were spent out on our dock. Even in the rain we could paint since it was covered. I had the pleasure of having some facebook friends come by to visit on the deck and watch a demo. That is a special memory!
I love adventure trips. The Southwest trip was one of them. But I also love these quiet weeks spent in a beautiful and inspiring place. I hope we get back to Pawleys in 2014!
2 comments:
Sounds like a great place! I would love to visit there sometime. Your paintings from there are fabulous!
I hope you get back there, too, love to see your paintings of it.
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