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Left behind
Old equipment and/or machinery always catches my eye. This is a Bickford & Huffman Farmer’s Favorite…
Sometimes older is better
This is a handheld shot of Needle Ice. Needle ice occurs when the temperature of the soil is above 0…
Where crooked limbs reach
In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move…
Through the fog
… Winter trees can often look harsh without leaves but the fog and early morning lighting, in this…
Recent weather and
The end and beginning of years are often times of reflection…
Change, it happens
Change — it happens whether we acknowledge it or not…
1st Year
October and December 2012 we celebrated the birth of grandchildren, George and Lily. This year in…
Selfie: Oxford word of the
This blog has been around since 2006 but in 2009 I began the tradition of doing a self portrait…
2013-2014 North Carolina
Temperatures in the lower thirties, a misty cold rain, 5-10 mph wind and plenty of mud…great…
A foggy morning…
…but still a good day for a walk…
Running with Mavericks
I’ve used Mac OS X for many years and along with each upgrade or even each new install, followed by…
The last of the leaves this
I find I enjoy late autumn, when everything has a brownish color cast, more then earlier autumn when…
Amid the autumn changes
The forest and woods have changed dramatically here in the last week — from leaves with only spotty…
2014 church calendar photo
I recently completed photographing the provided list of supporting churches for the 2014 Rowan…
A long time…Autumn is
Can it really have been so long since I’ve posted…yes, no doubt. Still the days come and go. Life…
The morning path
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe…
Local: Sanders Ridge,
Twice, on especially pretty weather days, we’ve taken our convertible for a hour+ drive north…
Memories of making hay
Raised upon a farm one of my summer jobs, both paid and unpaid, was making hay. I most often mowed…
Water Lilies: The world seen
Claude Monet portrayed the changeability and flux of every moment. ‘The Water Lilies’ give you a…
Rock Castle Gorge, VA, USA
A photo, or combination of photos — in this case three, taken during a recent pleasure drive to the…
American Bald Eagle
The final photo from my second pass through my archives for this particular event I believe. A good…
More Owl’s
“Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.” ~~ Aldous Huxley…
I’ve got my eye on you!
A revisit to photos from this past March taken at the PhotoWild event at the Carolina Raptor Center…
A few summer trail photos
A little recent Lightroom filing shook out a few iPhone photography shots made during this summers…
In a holding pattern
Intermittent software issues with my main computer, a local hard drive failure in a back-up unit…
Practice Retirement?
Bonnie and I recently have visited a couple of the local vineyards in the area which happen to also…
Google hates &#8220
The following recent experience is being shared for those who might find themselves in a similar…
Mushrooms love this weather
During all of the recent heat, rain and high humidity we’ve been having I’ve observed an over…
Dam between High Rock Lake
Travels this week took us just below the dam located between High Rock Lake and the Tuckertown…
In the blink of an eye
…I’ll never be able to visit this park again without thinking of this man — his impact on us has…
USA: Happy 4th of July!
For those in the USA — Happy 4th of July!…
Moments of sunshine
Rain showers have limited some outdoors activities the last few days so I’ve used this time to work…
Of “Wining”&#
I was delighted to see Tom Dills blog post on a recent afternoon visit to Morgan Ridge Vineyards…
Among bearded giants
Another stop during out short visit to the South Carolina (SC) coast was Brookgreen Gardens…
Wetlands
A couple photos of the natural wetlands of Huntington Beach State Park, SC — home to many varieties…
A little peace among the
Photos from the three mile undeveloped coast at Huntington Beach State Park…
Never insult an alligator
“Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.” ~ Cordell Hull…
Scenes from the morning’s
Spring is full-on, completely changing the surrounding forest from it’s winter barren appearance…
Starting with “good
Since buying our curent home seven years ago we’ve, one project at a time, made it from what we…
Ideas and plans?
Walking the fields and woods nearly every morning this winter I’d grown accustomed to the dull brown…
Sometimes I listened
The last week was full of preparation for the outdoors, spring and another summer.The yard…
Mini-Gallery: Barn Owl, Emma
In my opinion, Emma the Barn Owl was the most visually attractive raptor at the Carolina Raptor…
Who’s who
Still working through photos from the Raptor Centen.It seemed only fair since the raptors were…
PhotoWILD: Still a challenge
Photographing “birds of prey” during an event like PhotoWILD, Carolina Raptor Center, might seem…
Unexpected and creative
Yesterday, two friends and fellow bloggers, Paul and Tom and I attended the Photo Wild event at the…
Wisdom grows
“Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one’s awareness of one’s ignorance.” ~ Anthony de MelloIf…
Scenes from the morning&;
I’m seeing a lot of signs of spring on my morning walks. It was in the mid-70’s F this past…
Shelter where you go
“If you’re an introvert, you also know that the bias against quiet can cause deep psychic pain. As a…