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Pic A Day | No. 41

2007-04-18T21:29:09Z

Frenchman's Creek
Kinston, North Carolina

The 2007 Grifton Shad Festival is upon us.

2007-04-18T21:22:36Z

First, some links.

Town of Grifton Website
Grifton Shad Festival’s website

I took some pics today of things before they get really busy and hectic. I'll try to get some new pics taken daily, through Sunday.

One of the banners over main street.

You'll find these fish all throughout the local businesses.

M'm, fair food.

It's not much, but we really don't have a lot of space to work with.

Pic A Day | No. 37

2007-04-15T00:00:42Z

Steeple on a local church
Greenville, North Carolina

It's really pretty and tranquil out there with a fountain and some benches to sit down on.

Frenchman's Creek | Kinston, North Carolina

2007-04-14T23:50:00Z

Here are some pics from a family outing earlier in the day.

I stopped on the bridge to make sure the ducks and geese were following us. I noticed this little fella and he got tossed some cracker crumbs. We quickly had several turtles headed our way.

We get on the island and near the edge to feed them all. See, more turtles. We even had large fish coming around for food. They were koi I think. The geese would fight with the turtles, pecking at their shells. The turtles seemed to be biting them.

Look, goslings!

Beth checking them out. The kids were sitting back behind us, scared of them really. Although Caleb kept throwing pinecones at them.

Beth feeding the ducks. We tossed some crackers in front of the kids and they freaked. I feed the ducks out of the palm of my hand. A goose wanted some too, but hissed at me and it made me think of feeding a snake. No thank you!

I went wandering off and look what I found, a nest.

I found another one.

Opps!

Pic A Day | No. 29

2007-04-10T07:33:19Z

Close-up of a lamp in our living room

Pic A Day | No. 27

2007-04-04T07:39:43Z

Railroad track

My boys love trains! I would love to be able to take them to a large trainyard. I've been on a train once back when I was a child. Choo choo!

Pic A Day | No. 26

2007-04-04T07:38:21Z

Pitt County Courthouse
Greenville, North Carolina

I'm liking my submissions so far for this week. :)

Pic A Day | No. 25

2007-04-04T07:36:42Z

The moon behind a blossoming tree

You can just make out the purple petals.

Pic A Day | No. 24

2007-04-04T07:35:08Z

Clock tower on the Pitt County Courthouse
Greenville, North Carolina

The reason the sky is all washed out in the one area because the sun is behind that side of the clock tower. I kinda like it though.

Pic A Day | No. 23

2007-03-31T15:48:54Z

Tar River
Greenville, North Carolina

Pic A Day | No. 19

2007-03-27T07:41:35Z

Some of my mom's flowers

Pic A Day | No. 13

2007-03-22T03:21:46Z

Old country signs
Ayden, North Carolina

This is beside my favorite place to get some BBQ. Nothing like eastern North Carolina Barbeque. M'm! It's been a family business since like the early - mid 1800s if I'm not mistaken. There is a little country vegetable stand beside this BBQ joint, The Collard Shack. Hence the other sign.

Pic A Day | No. 12

2007-03-20T07:59:41Z

Sheppard Memorial Library
Greenville, North Carolina

Pic A Day | No. 11

2007-03-19T06:13:13Z

Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits

An early morning shot from. They have the best biscuits and I love their chicken, spicy Cajun flavoring.

Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits

Pic A Day | No. 10

2007-03-18T12:42:28Z

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore--
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door--
Only this and nothing more." "

This was shot with a hard back book I own called "Edgar Allan Poe Sixty-seven Tales". I got this book while living over in Saudi Arabia. There wasn't much to do over there and I often turned to reading and this was my favorite books that I owned. I only have a small collection of books now. It's a rarity that I read a book anymore, but when I do I'm usually reaching for this one. The entire poem may be found here.

Pic A Day | No. 9

2007-03-17T04:12:20Z

St. Patrick's Day store front window display

I tried using the Macro feature to get some close-ups of some clovers, but I didn't like how the shots turned out.

Pic A Day | No. 8

2007-03-16T07:02:13Z

An old house in a horse pasture

I took this shot the other day on the way back from Washington. I had just turned off of one highway and began getting speed up on another and suddenly I catch this out of the corner of my eye. I check my rearview mirror, no cars. I slam on brakes and Beth looks at me like WTF? I begin backing the car up and I tell her that there is a horse in this house. Needless to say I got some weird looks. I stop and she looks over to see this horse sticking its head out of the front window. There were large portions of the side walls missing.

This is what I think was really going on. The horse sticking its head out the window said to the other horse in there, "Look, I got another one to stop and back up." This other horse says "You are so embarrassing." I back up to take a few pics and the other horse is hiding for the most part. I could see just a little bit of its hind end in another window.

Pic A Day | No. 6

2007-03-15T06:43:12Z

A portion of a mural on the side of an old building
Ayden, North Carolina

I'll probably have more shots from different areas of the mural in the future. I have a pic of me as a child standing in front of this. I was in my 80's get up; parachute pants, a belt that wrapped around me twice, a leather bracelet with spikes and my duck tail hair cut.

Pic A Day | No. 7

2007-03-15T06:29:30Z

Street lamp
Washington, North Carolina waterfront