Front Porch

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Near Pittsboro, North Carolina.

Wisteria and Truck

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Near Lineberry, North Carolina.

Pointer

Banjo, the English Pointer, works a field near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

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Gary Mac's M

Neighbor Gary McMasters rips ground with his Super M Farmall in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

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Spring Blossoms in a Southern Yard

Spring blossoms in our yard in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. Sweet Bubby, Apple and Azalea.

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North State Milling

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North State Milling Co., Greensboro, North Carolina. No longer used, but under renovation.

Donkeys

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Late afternoon near Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Bee Swarm

I came home last week and found one of my son's bee hives had swarmed in our orchard. Luckily my cousin down the road, Jerry Routh specializes in handling such things. He was able to lure the swarm, which is basically half the original hive, into a new hive where the bees and their queen can start a batch of bees. He also had enough queen cells in the old hive to split and create a total of four new hives from it. Jerry's business is Bee Ready Bee's. He sells queens and honey and his facebook page is  https://www.facebook.com/BeeReadyBees?fref=ts.

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At the Apple Tree

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A butterfly works the apple blossoms at my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Safe Harbor

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Marshallberg, North Carolina.

Getting Land in Order

Neighbor Michael Williams works his corn ground near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

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Afternoon Ewe

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Sheep. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Hitching Up

Jimmy Garner of Asheboro pauses while hitching up his team of work horses near Sanford, North Carolina.

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Just Beyond the Deck

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A Tiger Swallowtail works to cherry blossoms just off my deck a few moments ago.

On Lake Jocassee

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Shot on Lake Jocassee in South Carolina. This was one of those mornings that you remember as a photographer. There was a light fog hanging over the lake at sunrise. As the sun came over the mountains, the fog lifted slightly, and the light that played on the water was spectacular but subtle. What's the old saying? "F/11 and be there." Usage was for an intro shot for an outdoor catalog. Shot on film.

Resting Swine

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Near Snow Camp, North Carolina.

Raising Queens

Jerry and Amos Routh work their bee hives near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. They were checking hive strength and marking queens. Jerry raises queen bees for his business Be Ready Bees. His Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/BeeReadyBees.

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Portrait, Shelling Corn

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Neighbor Gary McMaster's grandson Nicholas shells corn for his grandpa's mules. Grays Chapel, North Carolina

Mother and Offspring

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Longhorn cow and calf. Near Asheboro, North Carolina.

Crane

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Putting up steel. Commercial image. Greensboro, North Carolina.

In the Parlor

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Neighbor Rick Williams milking in his dairy parlor in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Running Cheviots

Cheviot sheep run in a pasture near our home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

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Buddy McNeil

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Portrait. Buddy McNeil. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

GMC

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64 GMC pickup, Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Spring Workout

Kevin and Mikki Teague and son John from Liberty, North Carolina brought their two Belgian mares Pearl and Rose by my neighbor Gary McMasters' farm in Grays Chapel for a little spring workout. Gary hitched the two sisters to a land drag and worked them for a couple of hours to help clear the winter cobwebs. The work horses were raised in the Amish country in Indiana. Kevin bought them when they were around nine years old. They are seventeen and eighteen now.

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