Oriental, Sailing Capital of NC

Oriental, Sailing Capital of NC

Greetings from the Neuse River

Life here along the banks of the Neuse River, overlooking close to four miles of water, is a sharp contrast to living in a city. Most months, it is idyllic; then, there are the months that remind you that Mother Nature is definitely in charge.

This neighborhood of houses face the Neuse River and backs up to several acres of farmland -- most years, soybean --- then thick tracts of pine forests to the main road.

I love to watch the sea gulls, sometimes the pelicans, and cormorants or egrets and the occasional eagle or osprey. The cute visitors are "chickens" that my neighbor called me about photographing who were grazing in her yard. Even at 100 feet away, they were skittish and flew to the further neighbor's yard but just enough for me to photograph them for identification. These "chickens" turned out to be cattle egrets. The flock numbered about thirty -- by the river bank...not sure why they picked her yard.

I suppose you could say this blog is an occasional picture-book of life in Pamlico County or whatever comes to mind at the time.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Nature Paints the Countryside with Color

In the six years of living here at the Coast, I don't believe I've seen a prettier --- and more sustained color drenched countryside. The above photo taken of leaves floating in a creek several miles away -- complete with all the little specks of "stuff" floating by. My days have been busier than a one-arm paper hanger and my postings not so frequent...but it was nice to take a take off and record some of the beautiful color around. The golds have been especially spectacular.
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