Wormsloe Plantation Oaks BW Canvas Print

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Wormsloe Plantation is a very popular and iconic place to visit when you are in Savannah GA area The live oaks dripping with Spanish moss, what's not to love? For one, all the cars! Getting this shot was a challenge, waiting and waiting and waiting while any car along the lane disappeared out of site, while hoping another one would not then appear! The speed limit was 15 mph so when a car came along, it was there for quite awhile! This avenue of beautiful oaks leads to the tabby ruins of Wormsloe, the colonial estate of Noble Jones (1702-1775). (Tabby is a type of concrete made with oyster shells). Jones was a humble carpenter who arrived in Georgia in 1733 with James Oglethorpe and the first group of settlers from England. Wormsloe's tabby ruin is the oldest standing structure in Savannah. A testament to the opportunities that existed in early North America, Jones went on to serve the colony as a doctor, constable, Indian agent, Royal Councilor and surveyor, laying out the towns of A...

Protected with PIXSY About Joan Carroll: I am a Fort Worth Texas-based outdoor photographer who feels at home while on the road...in Texas, in the US, around the world. Although travel and photography were dual interests from a young age, the coming of the digital camera provided undreamed of opportunities and unleashed previously untapped creativity. My photographic goal is to travel the world in a curious yet respectful way, taking the time to see and understand the unique story of each place I visit. Wherever I go I want to walk every street, hike every trail, ride the bus or metro, climb every tower, walk around and through every monument, and then do it all over again when the light changes. In every place, light, mood, color, and...