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Sea Turtle Rescue Returns Turtles to the Ocean at Isle of Palms County Park, SC

On Saturday, May 1st, the South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Rescue program released 7 rehabilitated sea turtles (3 loggerheads and 4 green sea turtles) into the ocean at Isle of Palms County Park. It was an amazing experience seeing these beautiful creatures returned to the sea after having been rehabilitated back to health by the...

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Blue Angels & Peaches

The Navy’s Blue Angels practiced over Charleston Harbor today for their shows this weekend. It was a great day to be near the water in the sun, and I got some great shots, most of which I still have to fish out of the many bad shots. But, here are a couple I liked: (You...

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Pet Fest at Palmetto Islands County Park, Mount Pleasant SC

Charleston’s Pet Fest was held this weekend at Palmetto Islands County Park, which just happens to be a hop, skip, and a jump from our house, so, we decided to check out some of the action.

We happened to catch the amateur dock diving competition, which featured a lot of “gentle encouragement” (aka nudging and pushing)...

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Cooper the ham

I’ve been pulling my camera out every day this year, in relation to my personal 365 project (www.elssipkes.com), and Cooper seems to think he will be the star of the show every time. Here, some recent images of him trying to sneak his mug into my daily shots:

In all fairness, he is pretty fun to...

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Sunday morning walk

One of the better things in life: waking up early on a drizzly Sunday morning, making coffee, reading the paper, eating some breakfast while watching the fog lift, clouds part, and sunshine appear, and taking Cooper for a nice long walk through the neighborhood.

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