TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS August, 2009 – Issue #99 DAWN AND DUSK August days are hot. The best times of the day are early morning and just after the sun goes down. Here’s the view off our back porch of the bird feeders and the view from our garden on the other side of the lawn […]
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TWO DAYS OF REMEDIATION AT A PLACE CALLED YELLOW MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK August 29 and 30, 2009 YELLOW IS NOT JUST A COLOR It’s the name we use for a house nestled on the edge of acres of property owned by friends which has served as intern housing for the past
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NEW OFFICE SPACE At Our Piedmont Eco Industrial Park August 21, 2009 MOVEABLE REAL ESTATE It isn’t every day you see a tractor dragging a house across the lawn. Doug had commissioned this little house built as a place for his interns to take a mid day break. It is referred to as the Sleep
TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS July, 2009 – Issue #98 STARTING OUT THE MONTH WITH A BANG Our friends, Jill and Andy live in a very cool little town which is split down the middle by the Haw River. Bynum grew around the mill on the river and there is a bridge between the north and
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CHICKEN COOP WARMING PARTY A Farewell Party for Kate and Bart at their Home on July 25, 2009 FAREWELL TO A NICE LITTLE HOME Kate and Bart are moving away from our town soon to increase their higher education levels. They’ll be leaving their little home with the sunflowers, chickens, vegetable gardens and strange
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DIZZY BAT – A GAME OF COORDINATION, SKILLS, SPILLS AND PLENTY OF LAUGHTER At Bart and Kate’s Farewell Party, July 25, 2009 CHUG, SPIN & BAT Upon our arrival, Bart explained the rules of Dizzy Bat, our featured post dinner game. Jack shows how its done. THE RULES 1. Appoint a person with a
MONCURE DECK PARTY Celebrating July Birthdays – Jason, Josh, Rachel and Tim July 18, 2009 A PERFECT PLACE FOR A PARTY Scott and Rachel’s home is a great venue for a party. The weather was perfect, too – dry, not too hot, little puffs of breeze. So party we did! On the right, Rachel,
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS June, 2009 – Issue #97 NONAGENARIAN Camille turned fifty-five on June 4th and Stephanie, thirty-nine on June 8th. Together, they are ninety years old this year. SALAD SPINNER Jim and Kathryn sent Camille a new kitchen toy for her birthday, just in time for salad season! SOUTH CAROLINA GETAWAY Bob
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FLOWERING GARDEN June, 2009 ECHINACEA Bob caught some breathtakingly beautiful shots of the Echinacea at ‘golden hour’ one evening. He planted more flowers this year than last year. POPPIES AND ZINNIAS The poppies unfolded slow enough that the pods just kind of hung on in some cases. Zinnias at ‘golden hour” illustrate the
MUSHROOM MOUNTAIN A trip to South Carolina June 12 – 14, 2009 A REAL PEACHY PLACE We drove by this giant water tower peach outside of Gaffney, South Carolina. It was commissioned by their Board of Public Works and sports a jaunty seven ton, 60-feet long peach leaf on one side. Its purpose is
