Shovel

(Photograph copyright 2012 by Dan Routh)

I shot this shovel a couple of years ago in a barn in southern Randolph Coutny< North Carolina. It remains untouched since I saw it last.

Neighbor Portrait, Steve.

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Portrait, Steve Kimes. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Garden Spider

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Garden spider. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Picking Up Apples

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Apples from the orchard. Grays Chapel, North Carolina. Soon to be apple sauce.

Sun Blooms

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Sunflowers in the garden. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Bomassa

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Lowland Gorilla infant. North Carolina Zoo. Asheboro, North Carolina.

Zoo Babies

A beautiful fall day brought out the babies at the North Carolina Zoo yesterday near Asheboro, North Carolina. The zoo had the good fortune this summer to have two new Lowland Gorilla offspring. The older is named Bomassa, while the younger hasn't received his name yet. Everyone seems to be doing well.

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Dried Beans in B&W

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Dried beans.

ATV Ad

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Commercial advertising photograph for an ATV manufacturer.

Critter in the Garden

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A grasshopper sits on a young eggplant in the garden in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

At the Truck Hood

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Gary Mac. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Tiger in the Grass

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Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Socks

Commercial product work.

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Jerry

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Portrait, cousin Jerry Routh. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Tree Frog

It's kind of a warm, rainy, nasty day here in Grays Chapel, North Carolina, but it's the kind of day that brings the critters out, like this Squirrel Treefrog sitting on a leaf outside our laundry room window. Here's what he sounds like:
http://www.herpsofnc.org/herps_of_NC/anurans/Hylsqu/Squirrel%20Treefrog%20Breeding%20Call.mp3.

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Horse Drawn Artifacts

From a barn in southern Randolph County, North Carolina. Parts of old horse drawn implements. Undistirbed for years.

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Caddy in the Grass

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Old Cadillac. Near Cedar Falls, Randolph County, North Carolina.

Frazier Store Porch #2

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Near Level Cross, North Carolina.

On the Mower

Odell Lineberry mows the grass recently at Grays Chapel Methodist Church. Randolph County, North Carolina.

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Frazier Store Porch #1

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Near Level Cross, North Carolina.

Executive Portrait

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Portrait of educational administrator.

Persimmon Still Life

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Still life. Persimmon. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Church in B&W

Melancthon Lutheran Church. Randolph County, North Carolina.

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Scuppernongs

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One of the great pleasures of growing up in the rural South during the early Fall is the scuppernong, or as we used to call them, "scupanines". Wonderful as juice, wine or just for eating, these golden sweet baubles are members of the muscadine family. I picked a fresh bowl full from my Dad's vines on our farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Wild Sunflowers

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Near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Tobacco Portrait

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Portrait. Tobacco harvest. Randolph County, North Carolina.

Priming Tobacco

Tobacco workers harvest organic tobacco for Whitaker Farms in Randolph County, North Carolina.

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