Flea Market at the NC State Fairgrounds

Red Hot and Blue

Spring is on the way!

The existing bulbs that were in the front yard are starting to stretch up from their long winters naps.

Landmark Fountains

The last time the temperature dropped below 30 degrees the building staff left the fountain water running and you can see what happened. I drive past this place everday back and forth to work and always stopped to look at the fountains. Can't wait until the garden comes into bloom in the small fenced in area next to the building.

Cumberland County Rest Stop on the I-95

Lost opportunity

Yesterday while driving to Whiteville, NC for a site visit for work, I came across something that I thought was very cool and wanted to take a picture. I was traveling on a small two lane road through the country side of Eastern NC and came across an old gas station. It was covered in growth and trees had grown up around it. There were two old gas pumps still there all rusty and covered in cutzo (not sure how to spell this nasty stuff). I did not want to be late for my appointment so I decided I would stop on the way back to the office and take a picture.

Here is the down side to my waiting.... I could not find the darn thing again on the way back!!!!!! So I have learned my lesson and will stop and take a picture of something that interest me for now on my matter what.

I ended up taking pictures around the Cumberland County rest stop on the I-95 instead. Will upload some of them later tonight.

Horses

This guy was such a ham!





These two girls were in a field behind the Wall family cemetary. They came over to the fence edge to see me. Think they might have been more hungry then curious.

Family Plots Series - Wall Family

Ever since I moved here to North Carolina, I have been facinated by the fact that you can be driving along down the road and then boom you see a small family cemetary fenced off on the property. Being from California, I have never seen this before.

I used my MLK Holiday this year to take a two hour drive to find things to photograph. I think I was in Fuquay-Varina, NC when I found this family plot out on the road in a bend of the curve. Found a safe spot to pull over on the side of the small county road and walked over and took these pictures below. Some of them were from the early 1920's and you could still read the engraving.