Grab your shuckers, it’s that time of year again! The annual Lowcountry Oyster Festival is at Boone Hall Plantation this Sunday.

Those who were there last year may remember that Ryan Seacrest and the ‘American Idol’ folks were in town for auditions; I wonder if any special events are planned for this year? It doesn’t really matter, the oyster festival is always a great time IMO!

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 day of.

For more information, call Boone Hall Plantation at (843) 884-4371. They do ask that no pets or coolers be brought to the event. Enjoy!

To date, more than $1,000,000 has been donated to the Charleston County Schools Science Materials Resource Center, the Hollings Cancer Center, and the Ronald McDonald House.

We all had a great time yesterday at Alhambra Hall for the annual Blessing of the Fleet. I’ve never seen so many people there, something spurred on by the awesome weather I’m sure.

It was also cool to see some turtles – or were they tortoises? – and some slithery snake bracelets brought in by local animal lovers.

Unfortunately, all the money being spent here isn’t gonna be much help for Shem Creek’s shrimping boats if these gas prices stay so high and the amount of shrimp out there keeps dwindling.

Of course I took a bunch of pictures while I was there, click the clown to see a gallery of 27 of them.