Tools of the Trade

Scottsville, Virginia

postcards from the road

 

It was in the low 70s here on Sunday, and sunny. Our friends who live on an old farm a few miles from here, and grow most of their own food, still, after all these years, invite us out for an a Spring heralding gathering every year.

These photos, and those to come, are from in and around their barns and gardens.

Salt Flats ~ St. Helena Island, SC

Clouds like bushes like clouds.

postcards from the road

 

Photo from a few years ago. Upper reaches of marshes on and around  barrier sea islands sometimes form flat salt pans. Flooded with only a couple of inches of sea water at high tides, evaporation in the hot southern sun increases salinity, which settles out into the soil. Only the hardiest of plants encroach at the fringes.