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Two historic streets in Charleston, South Carolina: East Bay and Broad. Taken from the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon.
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We all like to congregate at boundary conditions. Where land meets water.
Where earth meets air. Where bodies meet mind. Where space meets time.
We like to be on one side, and look at the other.
– Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
Sepia in the Smokies
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We drove past the Smokies this past week on our way home. Didn’t have time to stop much, but I thought we could make it into the Cataloochie Valley to see the Elk. Couldn’t remember the road, so we stopped at a little picnic area instead and walked by the powerplant and Pigeon River. Lovely place to stretch out the interstate stiffness!
Odd-ball Sepia Scenes
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Does this seem odd to anyone else?
Guess I’ll just have to wade somewhere that’s a little more safe…
Charleston’s Sepia’d History Scenes
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Going to start off with flowers and end with ghosts! Any idea what these flowers are?
Here’s a beautiful Charleston doorway. Seems charming and innocent, right? And of course, it looks lovely in sepia, but…
…but to me, it looks haunting!!!
There is a Lowcountry myth entailing ghostly entities called ‘hags’ or ‘boo hags’ that torment people, especially the elderly, by stealing their skin and breath at night. When they ‘ride’ you, you wake up in the morning tired and worn out. To keep these beings at bay, they say to place a broom by your bed because the hags get caught up in counting the bristles so much so they forget to ride you. They also are offended by birds and shy away from the color blue. They enter your house threw windows, doors, and cracks, so line any opening with the color blue, as the doorway is above. Which color of blue to use? Haint blue!
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What’s so spooky about this street, you ask. I’ll tell you: I had no idea. I walked down it just fine, but I might have had haint blue on…Found a lovely blossoming tree in the middle of this alley, took some photos, and walked out the other end where we were greeted by a horse head! As a carriage passed and the driver said: “This is the most haunted street in Charleston, 186 people died in this street”. Well, he was a little more eloquent with it, but apparently, if you had an argument with your neighbor and had a gun, you’d come down here to count ten paces, turn and shoot…and hopefully live.
I’m glad I didn’t know all this while in that alley!
Philadephia Alley was made a street in 1811 after the city of Philadephia donated funds to rebuild that area of fire-ravaged Charleston.
As we walked towards some churches, we started to chuckle about the tour. We were a little surprised to be caught in the indirect spotlight. I was wishing we were dressed in goth clothing [ha, as if we could pull off that look] and my companion, who shall go unnamed [like you can’t guess], talked about violating rule #5 of Ghost Tour Guide Etiquette 101. Rule #5 pertains to locals and their unfunny remarks.
Hope you enjoyed that! Thanks for visiting!
Middle of Everywhere 