About A Month Ago I Took Some Tomato Suckers Off The Ground My Dad Had Tossed Out And Propagated Them

About a month ago I took some tomato suckers off the ground my dad had tossed out and propagated them back to life. Today I got my first little tomatoes on the plant. Tomatoes are wild. Also, look at those squash babies.

Trying to outrun the storm on the Winyah Bay.

Made a stop in my hometown for the night on my way to Greenville. Of course I had to help dad in the blueberry grove behind the house. I use to hate summer blueberry season, my sister and I would spend hours and hours trying to keep up with all the berries. Now I miss the easy access. Especially living in Greenville last year when I was so far away - I really missed access to them and I refused to purchase them. Now that I live at the beach and my hometown is only an hour and a half away, I get regular blueberry deliveries again when dad is in town.

There is rarely a day out on the water in McClellanville that I do not see a few pods of dolphins. This pod was extra active today, which is always an exciting sight.

Home is where the salt marsh is.

The floodplain old growth forest, full of swamp guts and land often under water, hides truly ancient bald cypress trees. They are treasures the land works to preserve. The ecosystem within Congaree is hard to navigate and most of the time is not a friendly place to explore. You have to accept the creatures, bugs, mushy ground, and very long walks - but when you see the old growth- it’s always worth it. It reminds me that we are all here as a small part of this world among trees that were here 1,000 years before us. The old growth and the young cypress trees will be here long after each of us. To me, it is a humbling, calming reminder.