Category Archives: NC

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge

Gail and I went on a field trip today with our Winston-Salem Audubon birding group. We all drove about two hours south to the Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge. It’s about two months too early to see the beautiful springtime … Continue reading

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Stone Mountain State Park

Not Stone Mountain in Georgia. This is the less famous but more beautiful Stone Mountain State Park in North Carolina. We took our first strenuous hike of the year with our good friends, Brent and April. The temperature was an … Continue reading

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Sunday Scenery ~ Stone Mountain State Park, NC

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First try at HDR photography

This is a sort of continuation of my previous post. Please refer back to it for proper cred to Lee at Tarheel Ramblings for the idea. I was unaware HDR photo editing even existed until he opened my eyes to … Continue reading

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Toying with Aperture

My friend and fellow North Carolinian, Lee at Tarheel Ramblings, often posts his beautiful pictures. He will sometimes describe difficult and artistic photography processes, like he did on his last post about HDR photography. I’m not in his league, but … Continue reading

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A Candlelight Evening at Biltmore

Princess Gail and I had a great time visiting Biltmore again today. Well, I guess technically it was yesterday because it’s after midnight now. The Biltmore Estate  is a North Carolina gem, and we have been there several times before. … Continue reading

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Autumn in western North Carolina

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Mount Airy Autumn Leaves Festival

We’re getting to love these small town festivals! Mount Airy is a town of about 10,000 people, about 45 minutes north of us, in a beautiful setting at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains. It was the birthplace and … Continue reading

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Sunday Scenery – Oct 3, 2010

This pond is along my neighborhood two mile walk. I am blessed to enjoy it nearly every day! (taken with my iPhone, unretouched)

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Sunset Beach – Cormorant

Princess Gail and I have spent a restful few days at the beach. Sunshine, sunsets, shrimp, and Gail in a bathing suit… Life is Good!!! We managed to get a little birding in. Here is a Double-crested Cormorant, probably in … Continue reading

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