Fishing Lures

Still life images of antique fishing lures. I love these old plugs.

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Kayaking

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Cory Routh paddles recently near Chesapeake, Virginia. Besides his official duties as a water quality tech and wildlife biologist, Cory runs a kayak fishing service called Ruthless Fishing. For info, go to http://www.ruthlessfishing.com/.

The Neighbor's Sunflowers

Fields of sunflowers are starting to appear in our neighborhood in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. Some of the local farmers are beginning to experiment with them for oil and to supplement their livestock feed. These were at a dairy down the road.

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Planting Vegetables, A Family Affair

Week before last was a little cooler  around here and I found the folks at Walker Farms in Grays Chapel, North Carolina out in the field planting vegetables. Bill Walker and his wife Barbara and sons Mark, Matthew, and Michael, along with daughter-in-law Heather grow vegetables of all kinds for retail and wholesale sale at the state's farmers' markets. Most of the family was out in the field the day I stopped by.

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Variation on a Theme

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It's been a big week for tomatoes in our garden in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. A rainbow heirloom.

Tomato Medley

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From the garden.

Dried Beans on the Green Table

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Still life of dried heirloom rattlesnake beans from my son's garden.

Queen Anne's Lace

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Still life of Queen Anne's Lace, a summer wild flower in North Carolina.

Bike in the Woods

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Outtake from a recent shoot.

Boat

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Old boat. York harbor, Maine.

More Tomatoes

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More tomatoes from my son's garden.

Heirloom Tomatoes

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Still life of my son's heirloom tomatoes.

Walker Farms

Neighbors Bill and Barbara Walker raise all kinds of vegetables for the local retail farmers' markets as well as wholesale markets in Raleigh. They were at the Piedmont Triad Farmers Market on Saturday showing off their eggplant and other produce. Check them out on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Walker-Farms/198921590136818.

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Baling Straw

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A neighbor bales straw left by the combines near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.

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Plus some tarragon and a little Thai basil. Still-life of fresh herbs.

Cricket in the Country

I spent part of the day Sunday shooting a sport I have heard about all of my life but have never had the opportunity to see played in person. I wasn't on a trip to Great Britain or one of the former Commonwealth countries where the sport is so popular that it ranks number two in the world behind soccer with the most fans. Rather, I saw cricket played for the first time in rural North Carolina, just 5 miles from my home. An English businessman with a love for the game has built an extremely fine cricket facility in Climax, North Carolina, and each weekend  from April to October, local teams from the Carolina Cricket League play games there. Like I said, I don't know a lot about cricket, but I do recognize athletic ability, and the guys playing this game are very serious about what they do. Very serious and just as friendly, as many of the players took time to answer my questions and help me understand the rules. I plan to stop by again and learn more. For more info on cricket in the Triad, go to http://www.carolinacricketleague.org/ccl/index.jsp.

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Yellow Dinghy

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Yellow dinghy. Rockport, Massachusetts.

Saturday Morning at the Farmers' Market

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Neighbor and cousin Lula Mae Routh at the Asheboro Downtown Farmer's Market in Asheboro, North Carolina. She and husband Thomas are there twice a week during the summer selling the vegetables they grow on their farm in Grays Chapel.

Sunflower Detail

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Detail from a sunflower in the garden. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Real Horsepower

From the Southeast Old Threshers' Reunion. Very large horses pulling very large weights and loving it.

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