Here’s a beautiful scene, but where is all of this water? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous mystery, “Pretty little church,” pictured Grace Episcopal Church in the Charleston County fishing hamlet of Rockville.
A few years back, contributing Realtor and Sullivan’s Island photographer Rob Byko and his wife, Karen Byko, had a fun trip in Provence in southern France. Rob shares some photos from that trip as a virtual break from the toils of sheltering at home.
He writes:
“A kiss is still a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh, the fundamental things apply, as time goes by…but after weeks of self-isolation, Zoom-meetings and hurried trips to the grocery, your ability to maintain a positive mental outlook has been called into question.
“The kids are home from school, the twenty-somethings are back at home AND out of work. The kitchen is a mess — too many home-cooked meals and too many dishes left in the sink. Your nerves are frayed and you’d like to just get away, but summer travel plans are on hold for obvious reasons.
Here’s a pretty little South Carolina church. But where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous mystery, “Classic Southern mansion,” showed the beautiful Greek Revival Chisolm-Alston House at 172 Tradd Street in Charleston in a photo available via the U.S. Library of Congress.
The folks at the S.C. Coastal Conservation League shared some great photos over email over the weekend to relieve cabin fever and to show the wildlife that remains at Crab Bank in Charleston harbor. “Crab Bank is one of the few places on the Atlantic coast where you can watch sea and shorebirds nesting—and we’re lucky enough to have it […]
Here’s an outstanding Lowcountry example of a Greek Revival home. But where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Based on the results of our last Mystery Photo, “Another bridge,” either the picture was easy or there are lots of readers who are bored at home who decided to guess for the first time — or both! Congratulations to all who correctly identified the bridge as the General William C. Westmoreland Bridge on Interstate 626 over the Ashley River that connects West Ashley and North Charleston.
Here’s another bridge that may look familiar. Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our last Mystery Photo, “Bridge to somewhere” is the 2003-era Paul Gelegotis Bridge on Maybank Highway over the Stono River between James and Johns islands.
By Karen Byko, special to Charleston Currents | Separated and confined to my yard, excluding the short walks around my neighborhood with the dogs, I have had to challenge myself to rediscover the extraordinary gifts of beauty that surround me every day.
Here’s a bridge to somewhere in the Lowcountry, but where? Bonus: What is the formal name of the bridge and what is this person’s significance? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our last Mystery Photo, “View from above” showed the beautiful town of Charleston’s sister city, Spoleto, Italy.
Here’s a view from above of a community that’s not in South Carolina. So where is it? For bonus points, why might it be relevant in today’s issue? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our last Mystery Photo, “Outdoor room with a view,” was from the Citrus Club on top of Charleston’s award-winning Dewberry Hotel (it’s on the cover of the current issue of Southern Living). The previous mystery photo was of an actual dewberry!
This looks like a nice, relaxing spot, but where is this photo taken from? For bonus points, why might it be relevant in today’s issue? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our last Mystery Photo, “White flower among azaleas,” proved to be more difficult than we expected. It showed the white flower of a wild blackberry growing between azalea leaves. (We believe it is actually a dewberry, a type of blackberry.)
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