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!