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PHOTO ESSAY: A walk through a maritime forest

Staff reports | With a flash point of the May 4 election on Sullivan’s Island being the future of a maritime forest, here’s a look at nature’s diversity that can be found, day in, day out. (More: 4/19: Maritime forest looms large over Sullivan’s Island election.)

“People think of the maritime forest as being just the tall trees, but maritime forests are successional, starting with sea oats and flowers and then shrub thickets, filled with myrtles, which lay down soil and protect tree saplings,” said Karen Byko, a resident fighting to protect the forest. “The last part of the forest to evolve are stands of tall trees. Throughout, the Sullivan’s Island Maritime Forest is filled with wetlands.”

Enjoy these photos by Byko and her husband, Realtor Rob Byko, who serves as our contributing photographer.

by Charleston Currents · 04/26/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news, Photo Essay, Photos

NEW for 4/26: Photos of maritime forest; Dumbed-down discourse; More

INSIDE CHARLESTON CURRENTS | April 26, 2021
FOCUS: A walk through a maritime forest
COMMENTARY, Brack: On the dumbing down of American political discourse
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston RiverDogs
NEWS BRIEFS: Chamber recognizes community champions of 2020
FEEDBACK: Open carry of guns isn’t in S.C.’s best interest
MYSTERY PHOTO: Looking up
CALENDAR: Johns Island concert series to open May 1

by Charleston Currents · 04/26/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue, Uncategorized

FOCUS: Two dozen cute dogs adopted at Pup Bowl IV

By Rob Byko, contributing photographer | Pup Bowl IV, billed locally as “the most adorable football game ever, was held for three hours Saturday at Mount Pleasant’s Towne Centre.

Charleston Animal Society suited up 17 rookie free agents and a handful of older veterans – known affectionately as “retired players. They strutted their stuff in front of nearly 250 people gathered at The Oaks to watch part in the action. The crowd was masked-up and tried to remain socially distant as all anxiously awaited kickoff.

The event, a pet adoption and family-fun benefit, also featured live music, balloon animals, food, snacks and fund-raising for the society.

With game-faces on, the four-legged gridders rambled onto the field tussling and taunting each other, hoping to catch the eye of the young scouts who encircled the gated turf. …

by Rob Byko · 02/08/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

NEW for 2/8: Puppies, Santee Cooper, more

IN THIS ISSUE
FOCUS: Two dozen cute dogs adopted at Pup Bowl IV
COMMENTARY, Brack: Lawmakers need to ask right questions on Santee Cooper
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston RiverDogs
NEWS BRIEFS: State changes how it calculates COVID-19 positivity rate
FEEDBACK: Remembering Hank Aaron
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where’s this painting?
CALENDAR: Wine Down Wednesdays will be back in March

by Charleston Currents · 02/08/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

NEW for 10/19: On cancer, health care policy and women’s march

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: F*ck cancer
COMMENTARY, Brack: GOP missed opportunity by neglecting health care policy
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
NEWS BRIEFS: Holiday Festival of Lights set to kick off Nov. 13
PHOTO ESSAY, Byko: Hundreds of women march Saturday in Charleston
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Shipping memorial
CALENDAR: Jazz, poetry, Blue Dogs and more
NEW BOOK: Meet three people associated with Charleston

by Charleston Currents · 10/19/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

NEW for 6/29: On Carolina Day, masks, Calhoun statue and new album

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: Sullivan’s Island celebrates a different kind of Carolina Day
COMMENTARY, Brack: McMaster needs to issue statewide mask order now
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Titan Termite & Pest Control
PHOTO ESSAY: Calhoun statue comes down
NEWS BRIEFS: Calls to repeal Heritage Act gain ground
FEEDBACK: Got something to say? Let us know by mail or email
MYSTERY PHOTO: Marine scene
CALENDAR: Singleton to release 4th solo album July 3
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Savannah River Site

by Andy Brack · 06/29/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

The much-ballyhooed French pizza dog of Provence. Photos by Rob Byko.

PHOTO ESSAY, Byko: The streets of Provence

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.

by Rob Byko · 04/27/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Photo Essay, Photos

New for 4/27: On finances, doubletalk, concert, Provence

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: Maintain good financial habits during pandemic
COMMENTARY, Brack: Politicians need to stop doubletalk, listen to scientists
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts
PHOTO ESSAY, Byko: The streets of Provence
NEWS BRIEFS: May 8 telethon to raise money for homeless hurt in pandemic
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Pretty little church
CALENDAR: Enjoy art from around the world
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Joel Poinsett

by Charleston Currents · 04/27/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

1/6, full issue: Justify road spending; Decade of the Nibble; Polar Plunge

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS, Palm: Justify spending $1.1 billion on Interstate 526 widening project
COMMENTARY, Brack: 2010s were the Decade of the Nibble
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston RiverDogs
PHOTO ESSAY: Polar plunging
GOOD NEWS, ICYMI: Charleston celebrated “Nathalie Dupree Day”
FEEDBACK: Send us a letter
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tunnel of trees
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Chicken bog
CALENDAR: Charleston inaugural to be Jan. 13

by Charleston Currents · 01/06/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

PHOTO FOCUS: “Lights of Magnolia” explodes with color, thrills, sounds

By Rob Byko, contributing photographer | Approaching Magnolia Plantation at night through the gates along a winding drive, you can tell you’re in for a treat. Over the treetops and through the underbrush, you see your first glimpse of the brilliant lights in colors too numerous to mention.

Entering the festival grounds, the evening explodes in color and sound. The lights’ reflections wash over joyful faces of patrons walking the garden paths. The light dances along ponds and through the eyes of children who seem lost in the fantasy.

An easy walking trail guides you first along a fairy tale of characters, followed by flowers and fauna taller than your head. Then you meet huge butterflies and ladybugs, pandas and peacocks. Turn a corner and you find a kaleidoscope from the animal kingdom featuring playful lions, stoic zebras and tigers so vivid they seem real.

Finally, the tour returns to fantasy, placing you face-to-face with a 200-foot-long dragon whose majestic head soars more than 45 feet in the air. …

by Rob Byko · 12/02/2019 · 1 comment · Focus, Good news, Photo Essay