Wooden Boat

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Re-edit of a wooden boat from Beaufort, North Carolina.

Pepper Planting

Pepper plants go in the ground at Walker Farms in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

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Daisies

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Daisies on a neighbor's farm. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Ladies at the Dairy

My family and I were at Goat Lady Dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina recently for one of their extraordinary farm dinners, and we received a additional treat. While we were taking a short tour, two of the ladies of the farm, Lee and Regina, were tending to a pair of twin goat kids only minutes old.

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Red-Belly Ford

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A red-belly Ford 600 in my neighbor's tractor shed in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Radio Flyer

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A youngster gets some seat time on his trike in Gateway Gardens in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Bike Racers

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Bike racers in B&W, Asheboro, North Carolina.

Mill Doorway

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Doorway, Glencoe Mills, Burlington, North Carolina.

Young Dancer

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Young Native-American dancer, Greensboro, North Carolina.

Draft Horses

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Draft horses rest under the trees at my next door neighbor's place in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Sheep Dog

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A border collie sheep dog works sheep near our home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Reenactor

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Civil War reenactor Jamie Clapp, Trinity, North Carolina.

Climbing Rocks

A group of off road enthusiasts brought out their equipment and crawled over some rocks on a neighbor's farm this weekend in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

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Walking the Dog

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A young lady walks her dog in a Greenboro park as they both enjoy the early Spring weather.

Super M

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A Super M Farmall tractor near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Loggers

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Loggers, Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Buttercups

A sure sign of spring in North Carolina, buttercups are bloomong in the pastures. They are beautiful, but cattle won't eat them and they are basically noxious weeds.

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Bob

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Bob Craven, at the "store", in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

The King is in the (Chicken) House

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Elvis, our Sexlink rooster, at our home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Dogwood

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Dogwood blossoms, Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Crimson Clover

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Crimson clover in my son Tristan's garden, Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Let Sleeping Hogs Lie

Free range hogs do what hogs do at neighbor Bradds Family Farm in Gray's Chapel, North Carolina.

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Grinding Mule Feed

Gary McMasters and his son Brandon grind feed on a Saturday afternoon for Gary to feed to his mules. In the hammer mill he adds corn, oats and molassas.

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Neighborhood Ewe

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A ewe at Rising Meadow Farm, Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Nothing Could Be Finer

I had to be in Chapel Hill to shoot a job (it's just a short drive through the country from my home), and on the way to lunch, we took a few moments to walk through the arboretum and the main quad at the University of North Carolina. UNC is one of the prettiest university campuses in the country and is especially so in the Spring. I thought the Japanese Maples and the Florida Azaleas were particularly nice. Oh to be an undergrad again!

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Shelling Corn

Neighbor Gary McMaster's grandson Nicholas spends part of his Saturday afternoon shelling seed corn at his Grandpa's corn crib. Gary raises open-pollinated (non hybrid) corn that he feeds to his mules. He grinds part of it, and saves a portion for seed. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

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