Medallion Rose

The rose above is one of the new roses we got this year. Medallion has a beautiful color, but is not especially fragrant. The blooms, however, are huge and they hold up very well.

April in Paris Rose

I've never been to Paris -- except Paris, Tennessee -- but I'm not sure the City of Lights could be any more beautiful than this rose.

Little Brasstown Falls

I've featured Brasstown Falls over the past few days. We found out about Brasstown Falls from a South Carolina waterfall book that we have. Seeing the falls went very well -- it was well-described in the book. The book also mentioned that you could bushwhack upstream to a fourth waterfall -- Little Brasstown Falls. What the book didn't mention was the creek that had to be crossed in order to get to the waterfall. It was interesting, but I did make it and the picture above is the proof. I think the bushwhack was worth it.

Brasstown Cascades

The third component of Brasstown Falls is Brasstown Cascades. The cascades are actually the first part of the falls that you see from the parking area since the trail leads from the parking area to the top of the cascades. I took this picture on my way back up from the base of the falls (Brasstown Sluice), which is why it's the third component I've featured.

Brasstown Sluice

The third component of Brasstown Falls is Brasstown Sluice. I was able to get this view from the side by following a path downstream from Brasstown Veil, which I featured yesterday. Unfortunately I had no way to get around for a head-on picture of the sluice.

Brasstown Veil

This is another view of Brasstown Veil, one of the components of Brasstown Falls, which I featured yesterday. The veil is probably the most spectacular of the three components and can be reached from the cascades by hiking downstream. I think the hike was worth it.

Brasstown Falls

A recent addition to our waterfall collection has been Brasstown Falls, near Westminster, South Carolina. We visited the falls on May 2, 2009, on our way to the beach. Brasstown Falls is made up of three distinct components. The picture above shows the first two, Brasstown Cascade (50 feet) and Brasstown Veil (35 feet).