Spring has Sprung, the Grass has Ris’
Spring in Aiken is unfolding in all its glory. Azaleas are in bloom, Banksia roses are open, the city has become a haze of lavender Wisteria. The cold of winter not so long ago has given way to days of 80 degree weather and the night temperatures are above 50 – no more blankets. Reports from Pennsylvania are that mud has made everything difficult – muddy horses, muddy blankets, mud at the trough, mud that sucks the shoes right off your feet. Here in Aiken, no mud, just sand.
In some sections of town, the time of day is defined by the horse – early morning work-outs before the heat of the day. All of the photographs here were taken within a one mile radius, a one hour time frame. They are not unique – Aiken’s charms can be seen any spring morning.
Coker Spring Road
The entrance to Hitchcock Woods at Coker Spring Road and Newberry Street
Cottage on Newberry Street with Carolina Jessamine
House on Laurens
Hayne Avenue Magnolia with Wisteria
Pink azaleas at The Pink House
The Stables at The Pink House
Grace Avenue at Whiskey Road
Practice on Whitney Field, Grace Avenue
Heidi White Carty on Davignbrook shares the Whitney Field with the Polo players
Heidi White Carty heads back to the barn after the workout
Two Notch at Grace
Grace at Marlboro
Legacy Stables at Two Notch
The Aiken Training Track
Mead Avenue
Mead Avenue solitude
The Track Kitchen
Magnolia Street residents have their priorities in order
Richland Avenue azaleas
Photographer Beth Harpham lives in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania and hunts with Mr. Stewart's Cheshire Foxhounds. When the weather gets cold and damp and the ground turns to granite, she heads south to ride in the sandy Hitchcock Woods of Aiken, South Carolina.
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