Charleston: Holding onto Summer Before Fall Arrives 🍃

Time here feels thick and slow, like oil paint on a canvas 🎨 (But the mosquitoes showed no mercy – they drained me of 50cc 🦟💉) 📸 Magnolia Plantation and Gardens The oldest garden estate in Charleston – 400 years of history unfolding like a slow Southern painting. Ancient oaks stretch their moss-bearded branches over pathways. The garden includes a maze, animal encounters, a mini train, and boat tours that carry you through layers of green and history. 🐢 Shout-out to this free-range ninja turtle: Not only did it cut me off and make me step in turtle poop 💩… it also lapped me and chomped my leg while I was taking photos of a possum! 😭 🦟 Bring bug spray – or you’ll just be a mobile blood bank for local mosquitoes. I saw one circling my bitten legs, then leave sadly… no vacancy! (They do sell spray in the gift shop though!) 🌅 Unnamed Seaside Spot Stumbled upon this serene coastline – long, layered, and deeply atmospheric. At sunset, the light paints the sky in soft gradients – a photographer’s dream 📷✨ #Charleston #VisitSC #SouthernCharm #MagnoliaPlantation #GardenWanderer #HasselbladMoments #MosquitoLife #TravelDiaries #AmericanSouth #SlowTravel