Well, things are clipping along here in South Carolina. I am now crawling and farther developing my mobile skills. I only wish that my editor in chief was developing as rapidly in his blog posting skills. There is so much to tell! However, today's issue, from here in the Palmetto State, will concentrate on an event hosted by SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design). Every year that college has a sidewalk chalk contest, and Saddie's family invited our family to go. How the contest works is that in a public park in Savannah the contestants come with a standard set of sidewalk chalks (at least we assume they were standard, everyone seemed to by using the same set), and then every contestant takes a section of sidewalk in the larger sections of SCAD alumni, current students, and future students. It was really cool. There were all sorts of pictures -- a lot of mermaids, a scene from the Sistine Chapel (as seen above), anime, ninja turtles, and other art.














There were a lot of technics used -- a common one was to crush up the chalk and then mix in in cups with water to make a sort of paint.


Unfortunately, just like in Mary Poppin's, it rained! Silly clouds! Anyway, some of the artists were dedicated in trying to perserve their work, maybe because the competition hadn't been judged yet.














The next guy in green looks like he knows that he is about to melt away, and really doesn't look forward to it!















Savannah was beautiful. There is a look to see, and a lot of leafs to chew on too (though generally speaking mommy wouldn't let me...)














We saw the church were the composer of Jingle Bells worked.














The Oglethorpe mentioned in the above sign is James Edward Oglethorp, the founder of Georgia. He looks a little but like a pirate from Prates of the Caribbean.



















Speaking of pirates.....












And speaking of churches... we saw of gorgeous Catholic Church. And guess what! They had a wedding in it! Somebody out there may be planning to populate the world with more little people like me!














Mommy went to catholic school and knows all about the stations on the cross. These were carbed out of wood in this church. They also had some beautiful stain glass windows.







































We also saw some iron flower gates! They are a little bit like mommy at bath time: beautiful, no matter the time, season, or weather, but inflexible. (You try telling her you don't need a bath!).



















There was, or course, a lot of revolutionary and civil war monuments. I'll have to write again about them. Before I leave, here are a few more chalk pictures. Between you and me, I don't think the artist who drew the last picture has ever actually seen the Mona Lisa.











































That's all for today,

Reporting from Goose Creek, S.C.,
J. G. Stewart