Snow, sleet and ice continued last night and into today. It’s a big winter storm for around here…
The major wave of the east coast winter storm begins to roll into North Carolina — here at…
Many times upon importing photos to Lightroom I’ve wondered what it was I saw, or thought I saw, at…
Another European trip may be on the horizon for this summer. It’s still in the early planning phase…
Old equipment and/or machinery always catches my eye. This is a Bickford & Huffman Farmer’s Favorite…
This is a handheld shot of Needle Ice. Needle ice occurs when the temperature of the soil is above 0…
In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move…
… Winter trees can often look harsh without leaves but the fog and early morning lighting, in this…
October and December 2012 we celebrated the birth of grandchildren, George and Lily. This year in…
This blog has been around since 2006 but in 2009 I began the tradition of doing a self portrait…
Temperatures in the lower thirties, a misty cold rain, 5-10 mph wind and plenty of mud…great…
I’ve used Mac OS X for many years and along with each upgrade or even each new install, followed by…
I find I enjoy late autumn, when everything has a brownish color cast, more then earlier autumn when…
The forest and woods have changed dramatically here in the last week — from leaves with only spotty…
I recently completed photographing the provided list of supporting churches for the 2014 Rowan…
Can it really have been so long since I’ve posted…yes, no doubt. Still the days come and go. Life…
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe…
Twice, on especially pretty weather days, we’ve taken our convertible for a hour+ drive north…
Raised upon a farm one of my summer jobs, both paid and unpaid, was making hay. I most often mowed…
Claude Monet portrayed the changeability and flux of every moment. ‘The Water Lilies’ give you a…
A photo, or combination of photos — in this case three, taken during a recent pleasure drive to the…
The final photo from my second pass through my archives for this particular event I believe. A good…
“Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.” ~~ Aldous Huxley…
A revisit to photos from this past March taken at the PhotoWild event at the Carolina Raptor Center…
A little recent Lightroom filing shook out a few iPhone photography shots made during this summers…
Intermittent software issues with my main computer, a local hard drive failure in a back-up unit…
Bonnie and I recently have visited a couple of the local vineyards in the area which happen to also…
The following recent experience is being shared for those who might find themselves in a similar…
During all of the recent heat, rain and high humidity we’ve been having I’ve observed an over…
Travels this week took us just below the dam located between High Rock Lake and the Tuckertown…
…I’ll never be able to visit this park again without thinking of this man — his impact on us has…
Rain showers have limited some outdoors activities the last few days so I’ve used this time to work…
I was delighted to see Tom Dills blog post on a recent afternoon visit to Morgan Ridge Vineyards…
Another stop during out short visit to the South Carolina (SC) coast was Brookgreen Gardens…
A couple photos of the natural wetlands of Huntington Beach State Park, SC — home to many varieties…
Photos from the three mile undeveloped coast at Huntington Beach State Park…
“Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.” ~ Cordell Hull…
Spring is full-on, completely changing the surrounding forest from it’s winter barren appearance…
Since buying our curent home seven years ago we’ve, one project at a time, made it from what we…
Walking the fields and woods nearly every morning this winter I’d grown accustomed to the dull brown…
The last week was full of preparation for the outdoors, spring and another summer.
The yard…
In my opinion, Emma the Barn Owl was the most visually attractive raptor at the Carolina Raptor…
Still working through photos from the Raptor Centen.
It seemed only fair since the raptors were…
Photographing “birds of prey” during an event like PhotoWILD, Carolina Raptor Center, might seem…