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The Color of Pansy's....A Great Miracle

Pansies....my all time favorite flower. They make me happy....they make me smile....they make me feel young. These particular beauties reside at the entrance to Haig Point Plantation on Daufuskie Island. There are yellow ones and orange ones and purple ones. It's early morning in this pic and they are reaching towards the rising sun. Most importantly they are in an area where the deer don't get to.

Deer simply LUV pansies like I do but for a different reason. They think they are yummy to the point that they will go anywhere to munch a few. Last year I had some yellow ones on my porch. In the middle of the night I was awakened by this clomping sound. That's right deer on my porch . I flicked on the light and the little stinkers just kept on munching. They only left when I explained in no uncertain terms that I loved venison as much as they loved pansies. Off they went, unpolitely flicking their big white tails at me, bounding down the steps and into the woods.

So for no other reason than a chance of weekend contemplation and reflection, I leave you with this pansy quote.

"How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I think there's a supreme power behind all of this. I see it in nature."
Clyde Tombaugh

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day from LowCountry Joe and my pooch "Dog Face"....Thats right his name is "Dog Face" and has been hangin' around the Bloody Point Lighthouse for many years. Actually "Dog Face"  was feelin' kind of bad since Uno took all the "Press" the last few days ....see the following blog.....so I decided to show him off in all his glory.

Now this dog is no ordinary dog as evidenced by red hearts on his nose, ears and posterior. He doesn't shed...nor smell...which places him in a higher category than Uno.....at least from my point of view......Anywho....Dog Face and I wish you a wonderful Valentines Day......and if you happen to have a dog of your own....give he/she a Valentines Day chocolate heart treat and a big old hug.....

Ain't nothin' but a hounddog.....cryin' all the time...

Just when you think you never want to read a front page of a newspaper again, a picture of a dog shows up and changes everything...That's right a DOG. Actually he shared the USA Today front page headlines with Obama and McCain as they woofed at each other trying to garner votes...

Now this dog ain't your ordinary pooch....He just happens to be the #1 Top Poocherino at the upscale Westminster Dog show......And his name is Uno......And a fine dog he is....A Beagle.....A hound if you will....Now I don't know if ya know anything about beagles but they are the loviest dogs ever to befriend mankind....I used to have one...his name was Henry.....That's right...Henry the Hound.....I used to hug him a lot when I was a bad boy ...when I was cryin' for whatever reason and then smell like him for the rest of the day....Ohhhh Yeaaaa....beagles do smell...that doggy smell...and to high heaven I might add.....But I loved Henry and he loved me....even though he also shedded big time all over me and the house and made my Mom crazy...

Anywho...its back to UNO......Ya gotta love this dog for what he did....He sent a prissy winningest toy top poodle ever named Vikki packin' all the way back to Japan. Talk about "cryin' all the time"....its a long trip back to Japan stuck in a chilly cargo hold....He with all four feet and floppy ears  "single footedly" sent the pride of poodledom back home to retire without a gold medal.

Now I was looking for a moral to this story....but sometimes you just don't need a moral. Al ya need is a lovey homey dog to make you laugh....and that's what Uno made me do this morning ...Laugh..

And that's that from LowCountry Joe.

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STOP THE PRESSES.......Just when I finished up with my "Doggie Blog" the following shows up in Thursday's Island Packet........Good thing Uno doesn't live in Sea Pines.....he would have eaten his leg off......All I know is there must be something in the Sea Pines water.....

In the dog, er, jail house: Barking man gets howling mad at local dogs

Published Thursday, February 14, 2008

A Sea Pines man's bark wasn't as bad as a security guard's bite.

The officer patrolling the neighborhood heard a man screaming profanities and "barking loudly like a dog" near the intersection of Lawton Road and Sorgum Lane at 8 p.m. Thursday, according to a Sea Pines security report released Wednesday.

The officer turned the corner to find a 47-year-old man dressed in black "howling into the air," the report said.

The howler complained that dogs in the area had been bothering him, so he went to confront them and their owners.

There were two problems with that explanation: First, the dogs only barked when the man antagonized them, the officer said.

Second, the officer detected the strong odor of liquid spirits on the barker, who became increasingly belligerent as he stumbled back and forth between the woods and road.

The man spent the night in jail.

The dogs spent the night at home.

Snake Golf....Anybody.....

It's a beautiful day for a round of golf and you are merrily making your way around your favorite course.....You slice your driver into the bushes, tromp around for a while looking for it ...AND THEN.....ya run up against this guy.....YOWZAAAA.......Can you even imagine!!!!!!!!!!

Now I have seen some snakes in my life on golf courses, with my closest "encounter" with a very large cottonmouth on a Haig Point par three, but this particular guy takes the proverbial cake. His/Her home, prior to being beaten to death by a two iron was in the low bushes of some golf course in Macon, Georgia. Just check this beautiful creature out. It must be at least  seven foot long and wider than the greenskeepers arms that is showing it off. Actually I feel very sorry when creatures like this are killed....because we are infringing on his/her home turf and not the other way around. That being said, I am sure he/she will not go to waste. The meat is a true delicacy....and I can tell you from experience...really does taste like chicken....

And "That's That" from the Carolina Lowcountry..........

E-Mail Blues

Went to my office before Thanksgiving Day....

And sent out a Thanksgiving Greeting to friends along the way...

The old computer answered back  and said I got a message for you...

There's a Turkey in your browser and nothings going out gobbley goo....

I Got the E-Mail Blues....

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Well, that's the way it was...and that's the way it has been since before turkey day. But the good news is, finally the "Turkey Goblin" has been axed and I am back on line.

So....a very belated Happy Thanksgiving to all. I hope your Holiday was filled with love and happiness.

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And it's back to business and here is what I will doing in the next month in an effort to continue to bring you the best "Fresh Daily" Lowcountry real estate services available.

#1   I will be announcing shortly a Parnership with a very qualified and successful Hilton Head/Bluffton RE/Max Realtor. Emphasis will be in merging our WEB Sites, and offering qualified assistance in the purchase of Bluffton and Hilton Head Island properties.

#2. Very high end picture/video software has been purchased. Videos will be produced with emphasis on being unique and informative.

#3. Yahoo, Google and Craig's list will be continually uploaded with these videos for the highest amount of exposure possible. The quality of these videos is subject to Yahoo and Google upload restraints. If you would like very high quality video production send me an e-mail and I will invite you to be a free member of my Video Album Collection.

#4. European and Canadian RE/MAX agents will be targeteted for International Referrals.

That's it for now.......

Have a great day........LCJoe

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What's under King Tut's Mask?

I was all prepared this morning to pontificate and elaborate about Judge Marvin Dukes, Beaufort Counties Master in Equity. He's the Dude that presides over foreclosures in our esteemed County and said some very interesting stuff re: real estate in Sunday's Island Packet.  But "No" you will have to wait to hear what the shrouded public servant said in a future blog because of a front page article in this morning's "Monday" Island Packet.  You see....after a fantastic ferry ride and five cups of heavily laden caffeine coffee topped off with a double shot of Starbuck's expresso once on the Mainland, I am ready to challenged the real estate world.....to climb the tallest Carolina lolly pine in sight and shout to the world why folks should buy "NOW" in this very special place in the world. I am ready to put on my bloggin' hat and fire up the old Dell like it has never been fired up before and to BLOG....But I have found from experience that I only have one good blog in me per day and this is it.

I really have never been enamored by the Island Packet newspaper ever since, years ago,  they took the paper's symbol of an authentic Lowcountry lookin' kind of boat and replaced it with a pic of a vessel that looks like it just came out of Asia. And they seem to pe predominated with presenting negative thoughts and feeding on sensationalism in their daily rag. But talk about "morbid sensationalism"..... On the front page, right under  a "Crackdown in Pakistan" is the heading "What's Under Tut's Mask". Featured is a gold pic of Tut's sarcophagus with a closeup of Tut's 3000 year old leathery black face with holes for eyes.....and they just happen to mention the poor nineteen year old kid had buck teeth, like we really need to know....Now it's not the article that starts my blogging instincts a "stir". Actually it was a pretty interesting summary of a guy thats been dead so long. Its the Headline..."What's Under Tuts Mask?"......Daahhhh....It's KING TUT you blithering Associated Press PINHEAD.....who do you think they would find under all that gold ....."Jimmy Hoffa"........

Oh well.....now that I got that out of my system, its time to get back to my morning routine, update "Fresh Daily" sales stats on LowountryJoe.com, have another cup of coffee and get back to the business of sellin' real estate. But I just can't keep wondering why Tut's wife, Aukhesenamum, never insisted he had his teeth fixed.

Fall as seen by LCJoe's old Bionic Eyes

And the Winner is....

And the winner is.....Dr. Gary Stewart, from the great State of Virginia. Doc Stew was one of the many folks that correctly named Anne of Green Gables in my recent contest. I want to thank all of you that responded. All correct entries, almost one hundred, were put into my hat with the winner receiving a miniature "Heritage Edition, Porcelain Anne of Green Gables Doll. I look forward to doing something "fun" again soon.   LCJoe

Groundhog Day in Sweden and on Daufuskie

My favorite all time movie is Groundhog Day with good old Bill Murray waking up every day to "Sonny and Cher". Now one must understand that Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania is just down the road from my old home town and this film takes on special significance to me. So it comes with total and absolute "shock" to find out that my all time idol Bill, has just been arrested for driving under the influence in a golf cart in Sweden. 

Now "one" would think that tipping a few while driving a golf cart would be no big deal but in Sweden it is. If Bill is convicted of drunken driving he could end up in prison...(talk about waking up that same old song). But it just so happens that this incident has special significance here on Daufuskie.

Now we know that "no-one" ever has ever consumed an adult beverage while driving our dusty dirt roads back and forth from Marshside Daddy's but lets just say that some folks might "abide" on occassion. Welllllll...it seems that our local "Barney Fife" thinks very unhighly of this dastardadly deed and will slap you with a hefty fine for your open container. Now Lord Forbid a combination of vodka tonics and Budweiser has made your driving habits wobbly and you are brought back to reality with a flashing blue light special. You just might end up with the same fate as old Bill and spend a few days at the Beaufort Hilton.

So the moral of the story is, The next time you are in Sweden for heavens sake don't jump on a golf car after you have heavily drunk whatever they drink in Sweden. And when you are on our fair Island of Daufuskie just make sure when you see a formal looking white SUV anywhere in sight make sure you kill some dust and promply dispose of the evil brew. We dont want any of our visitors waking up each morning to the boring lyrics of "I've Got You Babe".......

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Murray refuses breath test in Sweden

By KARL RITTER, Associated Press Writer 38 minutes ago

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Bill Murray could face a drunken driving charge after cruising through downtown Stockholm in a golf cart and refusing to take a breath test, citing U.S. law.lice officers spotted the "Caddyshack" star early Monday in the slow-moving vehicle and noticed he smelled of alcohol when they pulled him over, said Detective-Inspector Christer Holmlund of the Stockholm police.

"He refused to blow in the (breath test) instrument, citing American legislation," Holmlund told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "So we applied the old method — a blood test. It will take 14 days before the results are in."

Murray, who had been at a golf tournament in Sweden, signed a document admitting that he was driving under the influence, and agreed to let a police officer plead guilty for him if the case goes to court, Holmlund said.

"Then he was let go. My guess is he went back to America," Holmlund said.

He said the 56-year-old actor-comedian would only be charged if tests show his blood alcohol level exceeded the legal limit, which is quite low in Sweden.

A very high alcohol level could lead to a prison sentence, but Holmlund said fines were more likely.

"There were no obvious signs, like when someone is really tipsy," he said.

The golf cart had been on display for a week outside the downtown hotel where Murray and other VIPs attending the Scandinavian Masters golf tournament, were staying, tournament head Fredrik Nilsmark said.

Murray apparently drove the golf cart to the trendy Cafe Opera nightclub, less than a mile away, and was pulled over on his way back to the hotel.

Nilsmark said the vehicle wasn't intended for guests but added: "I don't hold any grudge against Bill Murray for borrowing our cart for a while."

Cafe Opera manager Daniel Bodahl confirmed that Murray had visited the nightclub late Sunday and said "he was a very good guest."

It isn't illegal to drive a golf cart in city traffic in Sweden, but Holmlund said it is very unusual.

"I have done this since '68 and I've never experienced anything like this," he said.

Murray was among the cast members on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." He was nominated for an Oscar for 2003's

"The Sky is Falling...The Sky is Falling"

"The sky is falling....The sky is falling"........"Holy Chicken Wings Batman......lets duck for cover"....."What do you mean Robin?"...."Batman.....just read in the paper today that Countrywide Loans might go bankrupt and Wall Street's woes raise fear of inflation and my stock broker said the market was very scary to invest our Bat funds into...and the market went down 1200 points since July 19th", I'm shaking all over Batman......."Oh don't worry Robin......Rest your cape here for a  second and let me tell you a quick story.....Remember the ditty of our favorite "egg crusader" Chicken Little. A lowly acorn fell on his feathery head and he thought it was part of the sky and started squawking ...the sky is falling....the sky is falling..... and scared the gaajeebees out of everyone. That's what is happening now. But its not a stupid chicken that also couldn't figure out how to cross the road promoting gloom and doom.....its our newspapers like the New York Times , and ABC News and all those blogs out there that want to make our great country look bad"...."Well why would they do that Batman, aren't they Americans?".......Well Robin....Its called a Presidential election.....Now I know that you and I don't like to talk politics so we can keep our Bat friendship together......But there are folks out there that have a vested interest in making things seem real bad right now". Well Caped Crusader, does that mean "things" are great? Well not necessarily Robin, but the batmobile is sporting brand new tires just like millions of folks cars out there, and folks are driving their shiny new "rides" to Wallmart and buying stuff and folks are going on vacation and sending their kids to college and going to football games and generally having a great time....my Bat Point is, in general, Americans are doing quite well these days. Interest rates are the lowest we have seen in years and overall consumer confidence is up". "Wow Batman....you sound like a professional economist"...."Not really Bat Boy....I mean Robin.....I am just a realist and it just seems to me that a lot of folks in the good old US of A that have great work habits are doing quite well right now". "So what should we do with our Bat Funds right now?....well Robin....my suggestion is we jump in the Batmobile and make a bee line to the South Carolina Lowcountry. Then we can visit with my old pal and "Bearded Hat Crusader" LowCountry Joe. Considering the fact  that the market drops 300 points in one day because Paris Hilton has hiccups, doesn't it make sense to be more conservative and invest our funds in land and houses that have been lowered in price to the bear bones. Then when the thirty three million baby boomers come South to retire starting next year and drive up prices we can "cash out" and retire our capes"......"Sounds like a plan, Batman"....fire up the Batmobile and lets head for the clear Carolina Blue Sky."........

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