Boat landing with style

Riverland Terrace boat landing, James Island, SC 

The surprising location of the little wooden windmill makes the Riverland Terrace boat landing one of the most unique boat landings around. Sunday was bright and sunny and even if they didn't catch much fish my nephew enjoyed a beautiful last day in Charleston out on the water. Thanks Ian!

Lowcountry Windmill

Wappoo Cut, James Island, S.C.

I've felt homebound today with threats of rain and tornadoes all afternoon. After doing some yard work this morning I've lollygagged around the house binge watching The Killing on Netflix. I had a busy week with Volunteer Week Recognition events in multiple facilities trying in some small way to thank the folks who spend so much time in our hospitals making life better for so many.

I often pay a visit to this windmill at the Wappoo Cut on James Island when I go to the Terrace Theater. It looked especially dramatic with the bright clouds.

My favorite windmill

Windmill at Wappoo Cut, Charleston, S.C.

I like it when I google a reference for a photo and find my own entry from almost a year ago. I expect I do visit my favorite little windmill about once a year. Hello sweet thing! This time I introduced a new friend who intends to make it her next picnic spot.

I went to see the Jersey Boy's movie and after reading rather negative reviews I was happily surprised. I even found a parking spot in the busy Terrace Theater lot.

I hate that I missed The Great Race vintage cars arriving at Patriot's Point this afternoon. That must have been quite a sight. I can't track down what time they leave in the morning to head down the coast. It might even be worth jumping out of bed for.

Tilting at Windmills

Windmill, Wappoo Cut, Charleston, S.C.

"Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them. With their spoils we shall begin to be rich for this is a righteous war and the removal of so foul a brood from off the face of the earth is a service God will bless."

"What giants?" asked Sancho Panza. 

"Those you see over there," replied his master, "with their long arms. Some of them have arms well nigh two leagues in length."

"Take care, sir," cried Sancho. "Those over there are not giants but windmills. Those things that seem to be their arms are sails which, when they are whirled around by the wind, turn the millstone."

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Are we fortunate? We have only the one giant to battle. This adorable windmill watches over the boaters putting in at the Wappoo Cut boat landing. Built by John Roessler at the Wappoo Cut around 1936, it was a landmark along the Intracoastal Waterway. It was donated to the club and moved near Elliott's Cut adjacent to the Plymouth Avenue firehouse boat landing and playground in 2000. She is a sweetie. I've featured her before and I expect I will again.

Sunday night. I am sure there will be giants to battle again this workweek. Perhaps more than usual.
 

Saving the Quirky Lowcountry

James Island Baptist Church, S.C.

Thank you to all my friends who joined the Riverland Terrace Garden Club's dinner last night to raise the money to repair our quirky little windmill. We arrived a few minutes early and walked down to the water to visit the actual windmill. The new mayor of James Island James Woolsey was there with his wife doing the same thing.

We had a very pleasant evening with good company, a great meal provided by Chef Barry Waldrop of Stono Cafe and a silent auction. They needed $3,000 to do the repairs and pay for insurance and I am sure they got what they needed.

Tulips and Tea

Windmill, Plymouth Rd., S.C.

Does anyone but me have a picture with a windmill and a British black cab in the same shot? I doubt it. :))) A bouquet of tulips and a cuppa hot tea and we'd be all set. This is a reminder about the fund raising dinner the Riverland Terrace Garden Club is having on Saturday night. Details here.

Also, last call to vote for your favorite AHA Moment in this round.

In other news, I finally have my TiVo working again so I can watch John Stewart at breakfast. Whew.

Lowcountry Windmill

Windmill at Riverland Terrace, Charleston, S.C.

The windmill at the end of Plymouth Rd. in Riverland Terrace finds it's home in the Quirky, SC file. I spent my free afternoon seeing Coco, Before Chanel at the Terrace Theater and then walked down to the water. I never tire of revisiting these sweet spots.

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Back to work in the morning. My ninety six year old volunteer called to check on me. He said he'd worked with me for ten years and couldn't recall me taking a sick day before. I keep explaining that I'm not really sick but we are discouraged from coughing and sneezing all over a hospital these days. Achoo!