Old Mill of Guilford Detail

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Detail of mill wheel, Old Mill of Guilford, near Greensboro, North Carolina,

Cleaning Garlic

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Cleaning garlic this morning at Goat Lady CSA in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Sawyer

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Gary McMasters saws at his mill in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Zinnias

Zinnias bloom in my son Tristan's garden in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. The brilliant flowers attracts pollinators to vegetable gardens. They're pretty and they benefit the vegetables at the same time.

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Wooden Silo in B&W

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Wooden silo near Julian, North Carolina.

Baby Doll

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Still-life.

Wrought Iron

Architectural detail near my studio in Old Greensboro, North Carolina.

Fresh Picked

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Still-life, green beans.

Enterprise Store Front

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Enterprise Store front. Coleridge, North Carolina.

Butterfly Bush

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A Tiger Swallowtail works a butterfly bush in our yard in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Another Visitor

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We had a visitor in our hen house the other day. He must have told his relatives. My wife Dedra found this fella (a little bigger than his cohort) searching for eggs this afternoon. He was relocated but left unharmed.

Drying on the Back Porch

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My son Tristan's garlic and sweet onions dry on our porch in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Sawmill Portrait in B&W

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Sawmill portrait. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Wash Basin

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Wash basin from the Alston House. Moore County, North Carolina.

A Fair Trade

My wife Dedra was checking the henhouse for eggs this afternoon and found a visitor. He already had a couple of eggs in his belly, but we don't really mind too much. She put him down in the barn to catch mice after he finishes his digestion. Seems like a fair trade, a couple of eggs now and then for some rodent control. He's a black rat snake, a constrictor, non poisonous, and it looks like he just shed. There's a bit of dry skin still attached near his eye.

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Plowing the Garden on Saturday Morning

Neighbor Steve Kimes cultivates his family's garden near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina with his Farmall 100.

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Gloves and Fencing Tool

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Still-life. Work gloves and fencing tool.

Daylily Lady

Neighbor Gay Nell has hundreds of daylilies in her yard and garden near Red Cross, North Carolina that she tends daily, and they are currently in peak full bloom. She has so many and they are so gorgeous, even her brother calls her the Lily Lady.

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Feeding at the Fence

Young goats feed at Goat Lady Dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

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Daisies in the Vineyard

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Daisies bloom among the vines at Stonefield Cellars vineyard and winery near Stokesdale, North Carolina.

Digging Garlic

The folks at the Goat Lady Dairy CSA in Grays Chapel, North Carolina were busy this week harvesting hard neck garlic. 

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Wooden Skiffs

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Fishing skiffs. Atlantic, North Carolina.

Afternoon Take

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In the garden. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Cone Flower

Purple cone flowers in a neighbor's garden near Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

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Saddle Bronc

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A saddle bronc rider from a recent North Carolina High School Rodeo. Ramseur, North Carolina.