The Refreshing Fountain

It's currently 25C here in Toruń...very warm and incredibly humid. This fountain is a refreshing place to hang out and cool down!

Fountains & Blogging Awards

Fountain, Charleston, S.C.

I am collecting fountains. We'll do a location quiz later. Study up!

Blogging awards. Sigh. What do we think about them? I've won 'em, I liked 'em, but I don't care to get involved with anything that smacks of asking people to participate in a voting frenzy anymore. Luckily this group doesn't have a photo blogging category and I don't mind asking people to vote for YOU!

I received an email yesterday inviting me to vote on a Carolina Blogger Award. Huh? It was the first I've heard of the group. I'm not sure if their blogroll is actually a blogroll or if it is a listing of attendees who have rsvp'd to a blogging luncheon in October but it appears to be primarily a Columbia group with a sprinkling of other areas and ONE from Charleston. It doesn't look like much of a representation of North & South Carolina Bloggers as billed.

So, here is your chance to get included, kids. If you are a blogger, care about awards or want to nominate a blogger this is the nomination link. You do have to have at least a url to vote and you only have until Monday, 9/12. There are a few categories including fashion, political, mommy blog etc. and they require nominations in three categories to count.

If you want to see the lowcountry represented by this group, I have a pretty good directory of lowcountry bloggers on my sidebar for you to explore. Go forth and vote if you are inclined.

Home early

Vanderhorst St., Charleston, S.C.

I love the sight of towels drying over a porch railing. It makes me hope that the occupants are having the perfect lowcountry summer. They should be working a little, studying enough to justify staying in town, spending a lot of time on the beach and yet not keeping me awake all night long (hint, hint).

I ended my day early with a photo op in town that didn't leave enough time to get back to my office so...oooops, I am home early. Walking home I cut through the MUSC shortcut between Ashley and Rutledge and spotted these flowers in the fountain. A lady called out asking if I was the "Charleston blogging lady" and explained that someone regularly left a floral arrangement in the fountain. Nice to meet you Terry! Thanks for saying hello.

Hmmmmph......

White Point Gardens, Charleston, S.C.

It's a bright and sunny lowcountry day and I woke to learn I'd been vandalized. Grrrr. Someone smashed through the wooden fence at the back of my property and completely trashed my backyard. Truth is I heard noise in the night and assumed it was the usual tipsy college students in the yard next to mine.

I've had things stolen from my yard through the years but having someone destroy my property for the pleasure of it is new and unpleasant.

Happy pictures unrelated to entry as usual.

THE BEST PHOTO OF 2009!

Well it's that time of year again...so here is TORUŃ DAILY PHOTO'S best photo of 2009. Hope you agree! For the original post see here: http://torundailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/12/frog-among-pigeons.html

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

Harry Potter or The Wizard of Oz?...

...you tell me?! But, this Polish fountain centre piece really does have an element of kitsch fantasy to it. And where can you find it? In the entrance area of a local medical centre of all places!

Hansel and Gretel

This is the famous Hansel and Gretel fountain in Ciechocinek. You can see that the weather is so hot at the moment that kids are using the fountain as a makeshift swimming pool!

A Plague of Frogs

In Toruń's main square, there is a fountain dedicated to the story of the Raftsman and the frogs. Legend has it that in the medieval times, the city was infested by a plague of frogs (well the River Vistula is really close by!). In stepped a raftsman who managed to rid the city of the frogs simply by playing his violin to them! The story is very similar to that of 'The Pied Piper of Hamlyn' and it'll be interesting to see which one inspired which!